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Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1881, 

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PREFATORY NOTE 



The design of the author in the preparation of this 
Question-Book was to furnish a general view of every 
part of the Old and New Testaments, following the 
historical order and detail as closely as the limits 
assigned would permit. Parents and Sunday-school 
teachers will find it a most convenient and complete 
compendium of biblical history. Brevity and sim- 
plicity are happily combined in its arrangement. The 
style is wisely adapted to the capacity of childhood, 
and the language strictly conformed to the sacred text, 
the answers being, as far as possible, in the words of 
Scripture. The author has also given due promi- 
nence to the religious doctrines and moral lessons 
taught in the course of the current narrative. We 
thus have, in the compass of this little book, an ex- 
cellent compend of Bible history and doctrine. It is 
sent forth with the confident hope that it will meet 
the demand, which has been urgent, for a good Child's 
Bible Question-Book. The Editor. 

Nashville, Term., Jan. 5, 1881. 




Studying the Lesson, 



THE 



Child's Bible Question-Book, 



I.— THE CREATION. 

1. What is the first book 6. How did he create 



in the Bible? 
Genesis. 

2. Why is it so called ? 
Genesis means gener 



them ? 

By his word. He 
spake, and it was done. 

7. Can men create any 



ation, or production ; it ; thing 2 
tells of the first things 
and of the first men. 



No ; they can make 
many things, but not 



3. How far back does it without having some- 



take us? 

To the beginning of 
things. 

4. Did God have a be- 
ginning ? 

No; he always was, 
and always will be. 
But every thing else 
began. 

o. How did things be- 
gin? 

God created them. 
He made the heaven 
and the earth, and 
whatever is. 



thing to make them of. 

£. How is God the only 
Creator ? 

He created the sub- 
stance out of which all 
things are made. 

9. What was the work 
of the first day ? 

God said, Let there 
be light ; and there was 
light. 

10. What was the work 
of the second day ? 

God made the firma- 
ment, and divided the 

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waters below from the 
waters above. 

11. What is the firma- 
ment ? 

The sky in which 
the clouds float, from 
which the rain falls, and 
through which we see 
the sun, moon, and stars. 

12. What was the work 
of the third day? 

The waters were gath- 
ered together into seas ; 
and the dry land ap- 
peared, and brought 
forth grass, herbs, and 
trees. 

13. What was the work 
of the fourth day ? 

God made the sun to 
light the day, the moon 
and stars to light the 
night. 

14. What was the work 
of the fifth day? 

God made the fish of 
the sea and the birds of 
the air. 

15. W T hat was the work 
of the sixth day ? 

God made beasts, cat- 
tle, and reptiles. 

1 6. Did God do any thing- 
else that dav ? 



He made man. 

17. How did he make 
him? 

His body of the dust, 
and he breathed into 
his nostrils the breath 
of life ; and man be- 
came a living soul. 

18. What did he make 
him like ? 

In the image of God, 
after his own likeness. 

19. Wherein was he 
made like God ? 

In the gift of reason 
and a holy nature. 

20. Did God appoint a 
ruler over the world ? 

Yes ; he gave men 
rule over fish, fowl, cat- 
tle, creeping things, and 
all the earth. 

21. What did God do 
the seventh day ? 

He had ended his 
w T ork, and he rested ; 
and he blessed the sev- 
enth day, and made it 
to be a holy day. 

22. W T as there any evil 
in the world then ? 

God saw that every 
thing he had made was 
very good. 



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II.— THE TEMPTATION AND FALL.. 

1. Where did God put Of a rib from the side 
the first man? of the man. 

In the garden of 



8. What was his name ? 
Adam. 

9. What was her name ? 
Eve. 



10. Who tempted Eve to 
eat the forbidden fruit? 



Eden, to dress it, and to 
keep it. 

2. Were there many 
trees in the garden ? 

The Lord God made 
to grow there every tree The cu nt 

that is pleasant to thei , 

sight and good for food;' J} ? Who ™ s the sei " 
the tree of life and the ^ igcalled the Dey . 
tree of knowledge of ^ aud gat Jmd he 
good and evil Trere. loves to deceiye meQ< 

there - Rev. xii. 9. 

3. Did God tell man that . rt _ _. _ _ 

he might eat of the fruit? 12 ; How dld he tem P fc 

Of the fruit of every T e T * . , , , xl .« 

tree but one. ' I He + tol J he J *»* lf 

. wl . . thev ate the irmt they 

4. W hich one ? 



He was not to eat of 
the fruit of the tree of 
the knowledge of good 
and evil. 

5. What would happen 
to him if he ate of that ? 

He would surely die. 

6. Why was woman 
made? 

To be a helpmeet for 
man. 

7. How was she made? 



would not die, but be- 
come very wise. 

13. What did Eve do? 
She did not believe 

God, but believed the 
devil. She listened to 
his speech, and looked 
at the fruit, and took it, 
and ate it. 

14. What else did she 
do? 

She srave also unto 



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her husband, and he 
did eat. 

15. What did thev do 
then? 

They hid from the 
Lord amongst the trees. 

16. Why did they want 
to hide ? 

They knew they had 
done wrong, and were 
afraid. 

17. What was the conse- 
quence of their disobeying 
God? 

Sin entered into the 
world, and death by sin ; 
and so death passed up- 
on all men, for that all 
have sinned. Rom. v. 
12. 

18 ; Did God let them 
stay in the garden ? 

He drove them out; 
and he cursed the 
ground because of their 
sin, that it should bring 



forth thorns and this- 
tles. 

19. Did God give them 
any promise ? 

He promised that 
the seed of the woman 
should bruise the ser- 
pent's head. 

20. Who is meant by the 
seed of the woman ? 

Our Lord Jesus, the 
son of Mary, and the 
Son of God. 

21. What does the prom- 
ise mean ? 

That Jesus saves all 
who believe in him from 
the power of the devil. 

22. Why is Christ called 
the second Adam ? 

As sin and death 
came by Adam, so grace 
and life have come by 
Christ. 1 Cor. xv. 22, 
45. 



III.— BEFOKE THE FLOOD. 



1 . Wh o was Adam' s fi r st- 
born ? 

Cain. 

2. W T ho was his next son ? 
Abel. 



3. What did they do? 
Cain tilled the ground, 

and Abel kept sheep. 

4. What offerings did 
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Cain brought of the 
fruit of the ground, and 
Abel of the firstlings of 
his flock. 

5. Was the Lord pleased ? 
He accepted Abel's 

offering, but rejected 
Cain's. 

6. Why? 
Because Abel had 

true faith, and Cain did 
not. Heb. xi. 4. 

7. What is faith ? 
Faith does what God 

bids, and trusts his 
promise. 

8. How did Cain feel 
then ? 

Very angry. 

9. What did the Lord 
say to him ? 

That if he did well, 
he would be accepted ; 
and if he did not do 
well, it was his own sin. 

10. Did Cain repent ? 
No; he slew his broth- 
er. 

11. Why did he slav 
him? 

He envied and hated 

him, because his own 

works were evil, and 



his brother's righteous. 
John iii. 12. 

12. What happened to 
him ? 

The blood of his 
brother cried to God 
against him, and he was 
driven forth to be a fu- 
gitive and a vagabond. 

13. What other son did 
Adam have? 

Seth. 

14. How many patri- 
archs were there between 
Seth and 2soah? 

Seven. 

15. What is a patriarch? 
The head of a family. 

16. What was remarka- 
ble about all these men? 

They lived hundreds 
of years. 

17. Which of them had 
the shortest life ? 

Enoch. 

18. What do you know 
of him ? 

He walked with God, 
and did not die, but 
God took him. Heb. 
xi. 5. 

19. Who lived the long- 
est ? 

Methuselah; he lived 
969 years. 



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IV.— THE FLOOD. 

did God send; saved in the ark besides 
Noah ? 



1. Wjhy 

the flood ? 

Because the wicked- 
ness of man was great 



in the earth, 
did 



he 



save 



2. Why 
Noah? 

Because Noah was a 
just man, and walked 
with God. 

3. How did he save this 
good man? 

God warned him that 
the flood w T ould come, 
and told him to build 
an ark. 

4. How did Noah show 
his faith? 

He believed God, and 
prepared the ark before 
the flood came. Heb. 
xi. 7. 

5. Did the wicked peo- 
ple believe God ? 

No ; they lived in sin 
and pleasure until the 
day that Noah entered 
the ark, and the waters 
came to drown the 
world. Luke xvii. 27. 

0. Were anv 



Yes ; his wife, his 
three sons and their 
wives. 

7. How manyjdien were 
saved ? 

Eight souls. 

8. What made the flood? 
The rain fell, and the 

seas and rivers over-, 
flowed. 

9. Was any thing else 
saved in the ark ? 

Yes ; two or more of 
each kind of beasts, 
fowls, and creeping 
things. 

10. How long Avas Noah 
in the ark ? 

About a year. 

11. What did he do to 
thank the Lord when he 
came out ? 

He built an altar, and 
offered sacrifice. 

12. What did the Lord 
promise ? 

That there should 
never be another del- 
persons luge like that. 



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13. What sign did he 



give 



The rainbow. 



14. Who were Noah's sons? 
Shem, Ham, and Ja- 
pheth. 



V.— ABRAHAM. 

1. What did the Lord| 7. How did this show 
call Abraham to do ? I his faith ? 

To leave his country,! He had never seen 
kindred,' and father's j the land that was prom- 
house, jised him, and knew 

2. What did he promise! nothing of it; but he 
him?. left all to go there at 

To give him the land the Lord's word. 



to which he should go, 
and to make of his chil- 
dren a great nation 
there. 

3. What land was that? 
Canaan. 

4. What more did God 
promise him? 

"And in thee shall all 
families of the earth be 
blessed." 

that ful- 



5. How 

filled? 



was 



8. What second proof 
of faith did he give ? 

He believed the prom- 
ise that his wife Sarah 
should have a son in 
her old age. 

9. What was the name 
of the son ? 

Isaac. 

10. What third proof of 
faith did Abraham give ? 

He was ready to of- 
fer his only son Isaac, 
In the Lord Jesus, i whom he loved, when 



who was descended 
from Abraham, and is 
the Saviour of all men. 

6. What did Abraham 
do? 
He obeyed the call. 



God bid him. 

m 11. Why did the Lord 
bid him sacrifice Isaac ? 
To tempt him. 

12: What does tempt 
menu? 



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To try ; to prove. 

13. How did God tempt 
him? 

He tried him whether 
he would obey. 

14. What is meant by 
Satan tempting men ? 

He persuades them to 
sin. 

15. Does God ever tempt 
in that way ? 

No; he is too good. 
James i. 13. 

16. Where was Abraham 
to offer up his son ? 

On a mountain in the 
land of Moriah. 

17. Did he do it ? 

He went to the place 
God told him of, and 
bound Isaac on an al- 
tar; and he had the 
wood, the fire, and the 
knife ready. 

18. Why did he not slav 
him? 

The Lord called to 
him out of heaven not 
to lay his hand on the 
lad. 

19. Why did the Lord 
forbid him now to sacrifice 
his son ? 



Because Abraham 
had shown that he 
feared and trusted the 
Lord, in that he had 
not withheld his only 
son. 

20. How did his readi- 
ness to obey God prove his 
great faith ? 

Because the Lord 
had promised to make 
of Isaac's seed a great 
people, and Abraham 
believed he would do it, 
even if Isaac must be 
raised from the dead. 
Heb. xi. 19. 

21. What promise did 
the Lord make to Abra- 
ham, and confirm by an 
oath, because he had not 
withheld his son ? 

"And in thy seed 
shall all the nations of 
the earth be blessed." 

22. What seed of Abra- 
ham is the greatest bless- 
ing to the world ? 

Jesus. 

23. W T hat people are 
Abraham's children after 
the flesh ? 

The Jews. 



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24. "Who are the true 
children of Abraham ? 

All who believe in 
Christ. 



25. Why? 

Because they are fol- 
lowers of his faith, and 
heirs of the promise. 



VI.— LOT. 



1. Who was Lot? 
Abraham's nephew. 

2. Did he live with his 
uncle ? 

He went to Canaan 
with him, and lived 
with him for a time. 

3. Whv did he leave 
him? 

The Lord blessed 
them, and they grew so 
rich in cattle, and serv- 
ants, and other things, 
that they had to sepa- 
rate. 

4. Where did Lot settle? 
In the plain of Sod- 
om. 

5. Why? 

Because it w 7 as well 
watered and very fer- 
tile. 

6. What became of Sod- 
om and all the plain ? 

The Lord rained fire 
and brimstone on it and 
consumed it. 



7. Why did he do this 
terrible thing ? 

Because the people 
were exceeding great 
sinners, and the Lord 
saw it. 

8. Did Lot become wick- 
ed like them ? 

No ; he was a just 
man, and was greatly 
troubled from day to 
day by what he saw T 
and heard in Sodom. 
2 Pet. ii. 7, 8. 

9. Did Lot perish in the 
burning? 

The Lord sent two 
angels the night before 
to warn him and his 
family to escape. 

10. Did thev all get out 
of the city ? 

Lot spake to his sons- 
in-law, but they would 
not listen to him ; so 
they staid and perished. 



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11. Who did leave ? 
Lot, his wife, and two 

daughters. 

12. Was Lot's wife 
saved? 

She looked back, and 
became a pillar of salt. 

13. Had not the angels 
warned them not to look 
behind them? 

They had ; but her 
heart was in Sodom, and 



she doubted whether it 
would be destroyed. 

14. What became of Lot 
and his daughters ? 

They went to a safe 
place. 

15. What did Abraham 
see that morning as he 
looked toward Sodom and 
Gomorrah, and all the 
plain ? 

A great smoke arising 
as from a vast furnace. 



VIL— ESAU AND JACOB. 



1 . Who was Isaac's wife ? 
Rebecca. 

2. Did they have sons ? 
Two, Esau and Jacob. 

3. What did the Lord 
say to Rebecca before they 
were born ? 

That f r o m them 
should spring two na- 
tions, and that the elder 
should serve the young- 
er. 

4. Which was the elder ? 
Esau. 

5. What did Esau sell 
Jacob? 

The birthright. 

6. What was the birth- 
right ? 



The right of the first- 
jborn to be chief, and of 
his seed to be chief. 

7. When did he sell it? 
One day when he 

came back from hunt- 
ing, and was hungry 
and faint. 

8. How came he to sell 
it? 

Jacob was cooking 
some food, and Esau 
wanted it badly. 

9. What was the food 
called ? 

A mess of pottage. 

10. Did Jacob give it to 
Esau ? 



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He would not, unless 
Esau bought it with his 
birthright. 

11. What did Esau do? 

He sold his birth- 
right, and swore that 
it should be Jacob's. 

12. Was Esau sorry to 
part with this blessing? 

He did not care then, 
but did eat and drink, 
and rose up and went 
his way. 

13. Who was Isaac's fa- 
vorite ? 

Esau. 

14. Who was Kebecca's ? 
Jacob. 

15. To whom did Isaac 
intend to give his blessing ? 

To Esau, the older 
son. 

16. To whom did he 
really give it ? 

To Jacob, the young- 
er son. 

17. Why was this ? 

Rebecca taught Ja- 
cob how to deceive his 
father, who was very old 
and blind, and make 
him believe that Jacob 
was Esau. 



18. Did not the Lord 
I mean that Jacob should 
; have the blessing? 

Yes ; but the mother 
| and son ought to have 
trusted God, and not 
| sought the blessing by 
a fraud. 

19. Was Esau troubled 
when he learned that Isaac 
had given the blessing to 
Jacob ? 

He cried with an ex- 
ceeding great and bitter 
cry. 

20. Could he get it away 
from his brother ? 

No ; it was too late. 

21. Was it right in him 
to desire to get it back, aft- 
er he had sold and sworn 
it away to Jacob ? 

No ; he should have 
stuck to the bargain 
and oath. 

22. How did he feel to- 
ward his brother ? 

He hated him, and 
said he would slay him 
after his father's death. 

23. What did Eebecca 
persuade Isaac to do, that 
Esau might not slay Jacob ? 

To send Jacob off, 
that he might take him 



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a wife of the daughters 
of Laban, her nephew. 

24. Was Esau married ? 

Yes : he had tw T o 



wives. 



25. Of what people were 
his wives? 



Of the wicked and 
idolatrous people of 
Canaan. 

26. Bid this please his 
parents ? 

It was a grief of mind 
to them. 



VIII.— ISRAEL. 



1. What dream did Ja- 
cob have as he lay on the 
ground with stones for pil- 
lows ? 

He saw a ladder set 
up on the earth, and 
the top of it reached to 
heaven. 

2. Whom did he see on 
the ladder? 

The angels of God 
ascending and descend- 
ing on it. 

3. Who stood above it ? 
The Lord. 

4. What did the Lord 
say to him ? 

That his seed should 
be as the dust in num- 
ber, and that in him 
and in his seed all the 
families of the earth 
should be blessed. 



5. To whom had God 
promised these things be- 
fore? 

To his father Isaac, 
and his grandfather 
Abraham. 

6. Which daughter of 
Laban did Jacob love ? 

Rachel. 

7. How did he prove his 
love? 

He served her father 
seven years for her. 

8. Did Laban give him 
Rachel for the seven years 
of service ? 

He gave him her 
older sister Leah, and 
made him serve seven 
years more for Rachel. 

9. How many sons did 
Jacob have ? 

Twelve. 



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10. Did he return to Ca- 
naan? 

He did, with his wives, 
and children, and cat- 
tle, and all his goods. 

11. What did his wives 
and children ride on ? 

On camels. 

12. Whom did he hear 
was coming to meet him ? 

Esau, and four hun- 
dred men with him. 

13. Was Jacob afraid ? 
He was greatly afraid 

and distressed. 

14. What did he do? 
He prayed to the 

good Lord to take care 
of him and his family. 

15. Who wrestled with 
Jacob that night ? 

Jacob was alone, and 
there wrestled a man 
with him until the 
breaking of the day. 

16. How did the man 
show his power? 

He touched the hol- 
low of his thigh, and 
put it out of joint. 

17. What did Jacob say- 
to him ? 

I will not let thee go, 

except thou bless me. 



18. What new name did 
the man give him ? 

Israel. 

19. What does Jacob 
mean ? 

A supplanter, because 
he took Esau's place. 

20. What does Israel 
mean ? 

A prince of God. 

21. Why was this name 
given him ? 

Because as a prince 
hast thou power with 
God, and with men, and 
hast prevailed. 

22. Who was the man 
that blessed Jacob ? 

The Lord, under the 
form of a man. 

23. How do we wrestle 
and prevail with God ? 

In prayer, by faith. 

24. What is meant by 
wrestling-prayer ? 

Very earnest and per- 
sistent prayer. 

25. Who else is called 
Israel? 

The people who were 
born of Jacob. 

26. Why is the Church 
called Israel? 

Because they believe 



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in God, and fear him, 
and inherit his blessing. 

27. How did Esau treat 
his brother the next day ? 

Esau ran to meet him, 
and embraced him, and 



fell on his neck, and 
kissed him ; and they 
wept. 

28. Why did they weep? 

They wept for love 
and joy. 



IX.— JOSEPH IN AFFLICTION. 



1. Why did Israel love 
Joseph more than all his 
children ? 

Because he w T as the 
son of his old age, 

2. What did he make for 
him? 

A coat of many col- 
ors. 

3. Did his brothers love 
Joseph? 

They hated him. 

4. W T hy did they hate 
him ? 

Because their father 
loved him best. 

5. What dream made 
them hate him more ? 

Joseph dreamed that 
his sheaf stood upright, 
and their sheaves bowed 
to it. 

6. W T hat kind of a dream 
was this ? 

Prophetic. 



7. What does that mean? 
The Lord by the 

dream showed what was 
going to be. 

8. What did his breth- 
ren say to him ? 

Shalt thou indeed 
reign over us ? 

9. What other dream did 
he tell? 

The sun, moon, and 
eleven stars, bowed to 
him. 

10. W T hat did this dream 
mean ? 

That he would be- 
come greater than his 
father, mother, and 
eleven brothers. 

11. How did his broth- 
ers feel toward him? 

They envied him. 

12. What is envy ? 
Hating anybody be- 



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Selling 

cause he is greater or 
better off than we are. 

13. Why did his breth- 
ren go away from home ? 

To feed their father's 
flock. 

14. Why did Israel send 
Joseph to them ? 

To bring them word 
whether it was well 



with them and their 
flocks. 

15. W T hat did they agree 
among themselves to do 
with him when they saw 
him coming? 

To kill this dreamer. 

16. What did Eeuben 
persuade them to do ? 

Not to shed his blood, 



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but to cast him into a 
pit where he would die. 

17. Who was Beuben ? 
Jacob's oldest son. 

18. What did he intend 
to do? 

To take Joseph out 
of the pit, and return 
him to his father. 

19. Why did his broth- 
ers draw him out of the 
pit? 

They sold him to 
some merchants who 
were passing that way. 

20. For how much did 
they sell him? 

Twenty pieces of sil- 
ver. 

21. For how much did 
Judas sell the Lord Jesus? 

Thirty pieces of sil- 
ver. 

22. Was Reuben present 
when Joseph was sold ? 

He was not. 

23. What did he do 
when he found that his 
brother was not in the pit ? 

He rent his clothes, 
and said, The child is 



not; and I, whither 
shall I go ? 

24. Why did he rend his 
clothes ? 

It was a sign of great 
grief. 

25. What did the wicked 
brothers do with Joseph's 
coat ? 

They dipped it in the 
blood of a kid, and car- 
ried it to their father. 

26. What did he think ? 
That Joseph without 

doubt was torn in pieces 
by a w T ild beast. 

27. How did he show 
his grief? 

He rent his clothes, 

and put on sackcloth. 

28. What is sackcloth ? 
A coarse, rough cloth, 

worn as a sign of 
mourning. 

29. Did his sons and 
daughters comfort him ? 

They all tried, but he 
refused to be comforted. 

30. What did he say? 
For I will go down 

into the grave unto my 
son mourning. 



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X.— JOSEPH IN HONOR. 

1. To what country didj She accused him of a 
the merchants take Jo- crime he neyer did 
seph ? 



Egypt- 

2. To whom did they 
sell him? 

Potiphar, captain of 
the king's guard. 

3. Who was with Joseph 
in his slavery? 

The Lord. 

4. What did the Lord 
do for him ? 

He made all that he 
did to prosper in his 
hand. 

5. Did his master see 
that every thing he did 
prospered ? 

Yes ; and so he made 
Joseph overseer in his 
house and over all that 
he had. 

6. Who tempted Joseph 
to do a great sin ? 

Potiphar's wife. 

7. What did Joseph say? 
That he would not 

wrong so kind a master, 
and sin against God. 

8. W T hat did this bad 
woman then do? 



9. What followed ? 

He was put into pris- 
on. 

10. Was the Lord with 
him there? 

He was, and showed 
him mercy, and gave 
him favor with the 
jailer. 

11. What two officers of 
the king were put into the 
prison ? 

The chief butler and 
the chief baker. 

12. What troubled both 
these men? 

Dreams that they 
could not understand. 

13. What did Joseph say 
to them ? 

Do not interpreta- 
tions belong to God ? 

14. What did he mean 
by these words ? 

That God alone 
knows w T h a t dreams 
mean, and those to 
whom he explains 
them. 



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15. What did Joseph 
tell them their dreams 
meant ? 

That in three days 
the chief butler would 
be restored by the kiug 
to his place, and the 
chief baker would be 
hung. 

16. Did it turn out so ? 
It did. 

17. How did the chief 
butler show himself un- 
grateful ? 

He had promised Jo- 
seph to speak a good 
word for him to the 
king, but in the day of 
his prosperity he forgot 
the prisoner. 

18. What was the name 
of the king? 

Pharaoh. 

19. What strange dream 
did Pharaoh have ? 

That seven lean cat- 
tle ate up seven fat cat- 
tle. 

20. What second dream 
did he have ? 

That seven thin ears 
of corn ate up seven 
full ears. 



: 21. What trouhled Pha- 
raoh ? 

| He could not under- 
stand, and none of his 
wise men could explain, 
these dreams. 

22. What did the butler 
tell him? 

That a young man in 
prison had explained 
his dream and the ba- 
ker's. 

23. Did Pharaoh send 
for Joseph ? 

Yes ; and told him 
the dreams. 

24. How did Joseph in- 
terpret them? 

That the two dreams 
meant the same thing : 
that there would be first 
seven years of plenty, 
and then seven < years 
of famine. 

25. What did he advise 
the king to do ? 

To gather together 
all the food that could 
be spared during the 
years of plenty. 

26. What was to be done 
with it ? 

It would feed the peo- 



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pie during the years of .28. Did Pharaoh like 



want. 



his counsel? 
Yes ; and put Joseph 
27. Did Joseph say he; over the business, 
knew all these things of! 29. How great did he 
himself ? : ma ke Joseph to he ? 

No ; he told the king He was next to the 
that God had shown king himself in honor 
them to him. and power. 



XL 



-THE YEAKS OF PLENTY AND 
THE YEARS OF FAMINE. 



1. What happened the 
first seven years ? 

The earth brought 
forth by handfuls. 

2. What did Joseph do 
with the food ? 

He laid it up in the 
cities. 

3. How much corn did 
he gather? 

As the sand of the 
sea, very much. 

4. What did the Egyp- 
tians do in the time of fam- 
ine? 

They cried to Pha- 
raoh for bread. 

5. To whom did Pha- 
raoh send them ? 

To Joseph. 

6. How did Joseph help 
them ? 



He sold them corn. 

7. Was the famine in 
other countries besides 
Egypt ? 

Yes. 

8. What did the people 
of those countries do ? 

They came into 
Egypt to buy of Joseph. 

9. Whom did Jacob send 
to Egypt to buy corn ? 

Joseph's ten breth- 
ren. 

10. Why did he not send 
Benjamin? 

Lest mischief should 
befall him. 

11. Why was he more 
careful of Benjamin than 
of the others ? 

Benjamin was the 
youngest. 



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12. Was there any other 
reason ? 

Benjamin was the on- 
ly son of his beloved 
wife Rachel. 

13. Was she living ? 
No ; she had died. 

14. Was not Joseph also 
her son? 

Yes ; but Jacob 
thought that he had 
been long dead. 

15. Was Benjamin of 
closer kin to Joseph than 
the ten ? 

Yes, he was a full 
brother ; they had the 
same father and moth- 
er. 

16. Was Benjamin 
younger than Joseph ? 

Yes. 

17. What did the ten 
brethren do when they 
came to Joseph ? 

They bowed down be- 
fore him to the earth. 



18. Did they know that 
this was their brother ? 

Not at all. 



20. What did he charge 
them with being ? 

Spies. 

21. What did they say 
of themselves? 

That thev were twelve 
brethren, the sons of 
one man in Canaan. 

22. They were only ten: 
what did they say had be- 
come of the other two ? 

The youngest is with 
our father, and one is 
not. 

23. What did Joseph 
then do? 

He boun d one of 
them, and kept him in 
prison, but sent the oth- 
ers laden with corn to 
their home. 

24. Why did he keep 
one? 

That they might be 
sure to bring back with 
them Benjamin, as he 
charged them to do. 



25. Which one did lie 
put in prison ? 

Simeon. 

26. What did these men 
19. Did he know them? say to one another? 

He did, but he did notj That this was a pun- 
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treatment of their 
brother. 

27. Did they say it in 
Joseph's hearing ? 

Yes; because they 
thought that he did not 
understand their lan- 
guage. 

28. What language did 
they speak ? 

Not the Egyptian, 
bat Hebrew. 

29. What did Jacob say 
when his sons told him 
what had happened ? 

That Benjamin 
should not go ; that if 
mischief befell him, 
" then shall ye bring 
clown my gray hairs 
with sorrow to the 



grave. 



30. Did he let Benjamin 



go? 



The famine became 
so sore that he was 
obliged to send his sons 
again, and they would 
not go without Benja- 



min. 



31. When they went 
back to Joseph, what was 
found in Benjamin's sack ? 

Joseph's silver cup. 



32. How came it there? 
Joseph had told his 

steward to put it there. 

33. What did Joseph 
; propose to do with Benja- 
min for stealing his cup ? 

To keep him as a 
slave. 

34. What did Judah 
say ? 

Let me be your slave, 
but send Benjamin 
back to his father. 

35. Why? 

Because Benjamin's 
I brother is dead; and 
I he alone is left of his 
mother, and his father 
loveth him. 

36. Why had Joseph 
treated Benjamin in this 
way ? 

To prove his breth- 
ren, whether they real- 
ly loved their father 
and youngest brother. 

37. What did he do when 
he saw their love ? 

He wept aloud, and 
told them he was Jo- 
seph. 

38. What did he say tc 
quiet their fears of him ? 

That God had sent 



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him into Egypt to pre- 
serve their lives iu the 
famine. 

39. What did he do with 
them ? 



He sent them back 
with wagons to carry 
food, and to bring back 
their father and all 
their families. 



XII.— ISRAEL IN EGYPT. 
Yes. 



1. When his sons told 
Jacob that Joseph was 
alive, and was governor of 
all Egvpt, did he believe 
it? 

He did not at first. 

2. When he saw the 
wagons which Joseph had 
sent to carry him, what did 
he say ? 

It is enough ; Joseph 
my son is yet alive : I 
will go and see him be- 
fore I die. 

3. What did Joseph do 
when he met Israel his fa- 
ther? 

He fell on his neck, 
and went on his neck a 
good while. 

4. How many children 
and grandchildren of Ja- 
cob went with him into 
Egypt? 

Sixty-six. 

5. Was Pharaoh pleased 
at their coming ? 



6. What part of Egypt 
did he give them to dwell 
in? 

Goshen, in the best 
of the land. 

7. How many sons did 
Joseph have ? 

Two ; Ephraim and 
Manasseh. 

8. Which did Jacob say 
would be the greater? 

The younger, Ephra- 
im. 

9. What did Jacob make 
Joseph promise him ? 

To bury him with 
Abraham and Isaac in 
Canaan. 

10. What did Joseph's 
brethren fear after their 
father died ? 

That Joseph would 
punish them for their 
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11. What did they do ? 
They fell down before 

his face, and begged 
him to forgive them. 

12. What did Joseph 
say ? 

Fear not ; for am I 
in the place of God ? 

13. What does that 
mean ? 



against me, but God 
meant it unto good. 

15. Wh&t did Joseph 
make his brothers promise 
him when he was dying ? 

He told them God 
would surely visit them, 
and they should then 
carry his bones into Ca- 
naan. 



That God is Judge, 
and punishment be- 
longs to him. 

14. What else did he 



sav 



16. When was this ful- 
filled? 

Many years after- 
ward, when the chil- 
dren of Israel went 
Ye thought evil from Egypt to Canaan. 



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EXODUS. 
XIII.— THE BABE MOSES. 

1. Did the children of j bitter with hard bond- 
Israel prosper in Egypt? i a ge. 

They did for a time. | 4 ' Why did he trea( 

2. What then stopped ; them so cruelly ? 

their prosperity ? Lest they should grow 

There arose up a new stronger than the Egyp- 
king who knew not Jo- tians, and fight them, 
seph, and had no love 
for Israel. 



3. What did he do to 
them? 

He made their lives 



5. Did this hard treat- 
ment keep them from in- 



creasing i 



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afflicted them, the more 



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they multiplied and 
grew. 

6. What did • the king 
then do ? 

He commanded that 
every son born to them 
should be cast into the 
river. 

7. What son did Amram 
and Jochebed have ? 

Moses. 

8. What kind of a babe 
was he ? 

A goodly, beautiful 
child. 

9. How long did his 
mother hide him ? 

Three months. 

10. What did she do 
then ? 

She put him in an 
ark of bulrushes, and 
laid it in the flags by 
the river's brink. 

11. Who watched to see 
what would become of 
him ? 

His sister Miriam. 

12. Who found him in 
the ark? 

The daughter of King 
Pharaoh. 



13. What was the babe 
doing when she saw him ? 

He was weeping. 

14. Why do you suppose 
he wept? 

He wanted his moth- 
er. 

15. Did Pharaoh's 
daughter know why he was 
laid by the river ? 

She said, This is one 
of the Hebrews' chil- 
dren. 

16. Who were the He- 
brews ? 

That was another 
name for the Israelites. 

17. How did she feel to- 
ward the poor babe ? 

She pitied him. 

18.. What did Miriam 
say to her ? 

Shall I get a Hebrew 
nurse for him ? 

19. When she was bid 
to get one, whom did she 
bring ? 

Moses's mother. 

20. How did Pharaoh's 
daughter bring him up ? 

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XIV.— MOSES SENT TO PHARAOH. 



1. When Moses -was 
grown, upon what did he 
look? 

On the burdens of his 
brethren. 

2. What did he see ? 
An Egyptian smiting 

an Hebrew. 

3. What did he do to the 
Egyptian ? 

He slew him, and hid 
him in the sand. 

4. What- did he see a 
second day ? 

Two Hebrews striv- 
ing together. 

5. What did he say to 
the one who did the wrong? 

Why dost thou smite 
thy neighbor ? 

6. What did he reply ? 
Who made thee a 

prince and a judge over 
us? 

7. What did he say about j 
the killing of the Egyp-j 
tian? 

Intendest thou to kill 1 
me, as thou killedst the 
Egyptian ? 

8. What effect did this 
have on Moses ? 



He fled from Egypt. 

9. Why ? 

Because it was known 
that he had killed an 
Egyptian. 

10. Did Pharaoh learn 
of the killing ? 

Yes, and sought to 
slay Moses. 

11. To what place did 
Moses flee? 

To Midi an, and sat 
down by a well. 

12. Who came to the 
well ? 

Seven daughters of 
Jethro, priest of Mid- 
ian. 

13. For what did they 
come to the well ? 

To water their fa- 
ther's flock? 

14. Who troubled them 
there ? 

Shepherds drove 
them away. 

15. Did Moses help the 
women ? 

Yes, and watered 
their flock. 

16. What did their fa- 



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ther do when he heard of 
it? 

Invited him to eat 
bread. 

17. Did Moses stay with 
him? 

He did, and married 
one of his daughters. 

18. What business did 
he follow? 

He kept J e t h r o ' s 
flock. 

19. To what place did 
he lead the flock ? 

To the mount of God, 
to Horeb. 

20. By what name did 
that mountain become fa- 
mous ? 

Sinai. 

21. What strange sight 
did he see ? 

A bush that burned, 
and was not consumed. 

22. W r ho called to him 
out of the bush ? 

God. 

23. Who did he say he 
was? 

I am the God of thy 
father, the God of Abra- 
ham, the God of Isaac, 
and the God of Jacob. 

24. How did Moses feel? 



He was afraid to look 
upon God. 

25. What had the Lord 
seen and heard ? 

The affliction of his 
people and their cry. 

26. What had he come 
down to do ? 

To deliver them, and 
bring them to a good 
land, flowing with milk 
and honey. 

27. What did he call 
Moses to do ? 

To go to Pharaoh, 
and bring forth the peo- 
ple out of Egypt. 

28. By what name did 
he send Moses to Israel ? 

I AM THAT I AM. 

29. What sign did* he 
give him that the people 
might believe him ? 

The power to turn his 
rod into a serpent, and 
to turn the serpent back 
to a rod. 

30. What other sign? 
By putting his hand 

into his bosom, it be- 
came leprous as snow ; 
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31. What excuse did I 
Moses make for not want- 1 
ing to go ? 

That he was not elo- 
quent, but slow of 
speech. 

32. What did the Lord 
say? 



Who hath made 
man's mouth ? Have 
not I the Lord ? 

33. Whom did he ap- 
point to help Moses and 
speak for him ? 

His brother Aaron. 



XV.— THE TEN 



1. When Moses and Aa- 
ron told the children of 
Israel what the Lord had 
spoken, did they believe ? 

They believed and 
worshiped. 



PLAGUES. 

for their 



S t r a w 
bricks. 

6. How were they to get 
straw ? 

To go out into the 

j fields and gather straw, 

13V 2 ' W hf C Il^ 0Se L te !l^d yet to make as 
Pharaoh that the Lord had i • i i 

sa i c i? many bricks a day as 

Let my people go, 
that they may hold a 



feast in the wilderness 
3. Did Pharaoh consent ? 



before. 

7. What did the officers 
do when they could not 
make enough bricks? 

They cruelly beat 
No; he said, Who is them. 
the Lord? I will notj 8 What complaint did 
let Israel go. | the people of Israel make 

4. How did he treat Is- 1 against Moses and Aaron ? 
rael? That they had only 

He put on them hard- made their case worse, 
er tasks. 9. By what name did 

5. What did he forbidl<?od P*omke Moses to de- 
their task-masters to give* 1 ver ^ srae i • 

them? By mv name Jehovah. 



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10. What does Jehovah 
mean? 

I AM. 

11. Whv did God call 
himself I AM? 

Because he was not 
made, and never began 
to be ; but was, is, and 
shall be, from everlast- 
ing to everlasting. 

12. Were the people 
comforted when Moses told 
them these words from Je- 
hovah ? 

They hearkened not 
unto Moses, for anguish 
of spirit and for cruel 
bondage, 

13. What did the Lord 
send upon Pharaoh because 
he would not let Israel go ? 

Ten plagues. 

14. What was the first 
plague ? 

The waters turned to 
blood. 

15. What was the second 
plague ? 

Frogs came up every- 
where. 

16. What did Pharaoh 
do when the frogs covered 
the land ? 

He promised, if the 
Lord would take them 



from him and his peo- 
ple, he would let Israel 

go. 

17. Did he keep his 
word ? 

No ; as soon as the 
frogs left, he refused to 
let Israel go. 

18. What was the third 
plague ? 

The dust of the land 
became lice in man and 
beast. 

19. What did the magi- 
cians say ? 

This is the finger of 
God. 

20. Who were these ma- 
gicians ? 

The wonder - workers 

of Egypt, who tried to 

do as great things as 

Moses. 

21. What was the fourth 
plague ? 

Swarms of flies. 

22. Did Pharaoh again 
promise to obey the Lord ? 

He did ; but when the 
flies went away, he 
hardened his heart. 

23. What was the fifth 
plague ? 



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A disease that killed 
cattle, sheep, horses, 
and camels. 

24. What was the sixth 
plague ? 

The breaking out of 
boils on men and beasts. 

25. What was the sev- 
enth plague ? 

Thunder, hail, and 
fire running along the 
ground, smiting men, 
beasts, herbs, and grain. 

26. What was the eighth 
plague ? 

Locusts that covered 
the face of the earth, 
and ate up every grow- 
ing thing. 

27. What was the ninth 
plague ? 

Thick darkness for 
three days in all the 
land, so that they saw 
not one another. 



28. Had Pharaoh often 
entreated to have the 
plagues removed, and 
promised to let Israel go ? 

He had, but always 
hardened his heart, and 
refused, a f t e r God 
heard his prayer. 

29. What did he say this 
time? 

Let me see thy face 
no more, or thou shalt 
die. 

30. What did Moses re- 
ply ? 

I will see thy face 
again no more. 

31. Did the plagues fall 
on Goshen where the chil- 
dren of Israel dwelt ? 

No. 

32. What was the tenth 
plague ? 

The slaying of the 
first-born of Egypt. 



XVI.— THE PASSOVER. 

1. On the night of thel 2. With what signs of 
tenth plague what did the haste were they to eat it? 



Lord command Israel to 
do? 

A lamb was to be 
eaten in everv house. 



Their loins girded, 
shoes on their feet, and 
their staff in their hand. 



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3. Why was this ? 
That they might be 

ready for flight out of 
Egypt. 

4. What kind of bread 
must they eat ? 

Unleavened. 

5. Why was that ? 
They had no time for 

bread to rise, but must 
cook it quickly. 

6. What were they to do 
with the blood of the 
lamb? 

Sprinkle it on the 
doors of their houses. 

7. What purpose would 
that serve ? 

The Lord, when he 
went through the land 
to smite the first-born, 
would pass over the 
houses sprinkled with 
blood. 

8. W T ould not the Lord 
know where the Israelites 
lived without that sign ? 

Yes ; but he would 
have them show their 
faith in his word. 

9. At what time did the 
Lord smite the first-born ? 

At midnight. 



10. How many died ? 
All the first-born of 

Egypt, from the palace 
to the prison ; and all 
the first-born of cattle. 

11. What was heard in 
all the land ? 

A great cry. 

12. What caused the 
cry ? 

There was not a 

house without one dead. 

13. What word did Pha- 
raoh send that night to 
Moses and Aaron ? 

Go, ye and all Israel ; 
go, serve the Lord ; and 
bless me also. 

14. Did the Egyptians 
urge them to go at once ? 

They did. 

15. Did they go ? 

Men, women, chil- 
dren, flocks, and herds, 
all left in haste. 

16. How long had they 
been in Egypt ? 

Four hundred and 
thirty years. 

17. W T hat feast was kept 
every year afterward, on 
the night of the flight? 

The Passover. 

18. Why was it kept? 



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Because the Lord 
passed over their 
houses, and did not de- 
stroy their children. 

] 9. For what other rea- 
son ? 
Because the Lord 



brought them out from 
the land of bondage. 

20. How was the feast 
kept ? 

Each family ate a 
lamb and unleavened 
bread. 



XVIL— CROSSING THE RED SEA. 

tians than to die in the 
wilderness. 

6. What did Moses say 
to quiet them ? 

Fear not, stand still, 
and see the salvation of 
the Lord. 



1. How did the Lord 
show Israel the way they 
should go ? 

He went before them 
by day in a pillar of a 
cloud, and by night in 
a pillar of fire. 

2. Was Pharaoh sorry 
that he had let them 
leave ? 

Yes, and pursued 
after them with an ar- 
my and chariots. 

3. Where did he over- 
take them ? 

Camping by the Red 

Sea. 

4. Did this frighten the 
children of Israel? 

They were sore afraid. 

5. What did they say ? 
That it had been Bet- 
ter to serve the Egyp- night. 



7. What command did 
God give to Moses ? 

Speak unto the chil- 
dren of Israel, that they 
I go forward. 

8. What was Moses to do 
with his rod ? 

Stretch it out over 
the sea. 

9. What strange cloud 
came between the Egyp- 
tians and the Israelites ? 

It was darkness to 
the camp of Egypt, but 
gave light to Israel by 



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10. What did the waters 
do when Moses stretched 
out his hand ? 

They divided. 

11. How did Israel cross 
over the sea? 

On the dry bottom. 

12. What did the Egyp- 
tians do ? 

Went in after them. 

13. What delayed them? 
Their chariot -wheels 

came off. 

14. Did they know that 
the Israelites, had gone in- 
to the sea ? 

No ; because of the 
great darkness. 

15. What became of 
them when they pursued 
Israel into the sea ? 

Moses stretched forth 



his hand, and the waters 
returned, and covered 
all of them : not one 
was saved. 

10. W T hat song did Mo- 
ses and all the men sing? 

A song of praise un- 
to the Lord w T ho hath 
triumphed gloriously ; 
the horse and his rider 
hath he thrown into the 
sea. 

17. What did his sister 
Miriam and the women 
do? 

They answered them, 
Sing ye to the Lord, for 
he hath triumphed glo- 
riously ; the horse and 
his rider hath he thrown 
into the sea. 



XVIIL— MURMURINGS OF ISRAEL. 



1. What was the first 
murmuring of Israel in 
the wilderness? 

That they had no 
water to drink. 

2. When they came to 
Marah, why could they not 
drink of its waters? 

They were bitter. 



3. How did Moses make 
them sweet at the word of 
the Lord ? 

By casting into them 
a certain tree. 

4. What was their next 
murmuring ? 

■ That thev would die 
of hunger. 



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5. What did their mur-1 Daily until Israel ea- 
rn urings show ? < tered Canaan. 
Want 01 gratitude; ^ „ Tr 

•inrl faith lo * Was there an ^ on 

ana rami. the Sabbath? 



6. What did the Lord 
send them at even ? 

Quails. 

7. What are quails ? 
Birds like our par- 
tridges. 

8. What did he send 
them in the morning ? 

Manna. 

9. What was manna? 
A small, round, white 

thing like seeds, with a 

sweet taste. 1 8# How long were the 

10. Where did it come; children of Israel fed on 
from? | manna? 

The Lord rained it Forty years, 
from heaven. 19. What next did they 



No. 

16. What did thev eat 
then? 

There fell twice as 
much the day before 
the Sabbath as on other 
days, and they gathered 
enough for two days. 

17. But did it not breed 
worms ? 

No, it kept fresh and 
sweet. 



11. What did they do 
with it ? 

Baked it into a bread. 

12. How much was 
there ? 

Enough to feed all 
the people for a day. 

13. If they kept it long- 
er than a day, what hap- 
pened to it? 

It became wormy. 

14. How often did the 
manna fall? 



murmur about? 

Again for want of 
water. 

20. How did the Lord 
give them water ? 

Moses smote the rock, 
and water came out of 
it. 

21. Who fought with Is- 
rael ? 

Amalek. 



22. Who 

the battle? 



led Israel in 



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Joshua. 

23. Where was Moses ? 
On a hill with the 

rod of God in his hand. 

24. Why? 

As long as he held up 
the rod Israel pre- 
vailed. 

25. Who stayed up his 
hands when he became 
weary ? 



Aaron and Hur — the 
one on the one side, and 
the other on the other 
side. 

26. What was this a sign 
of? 

The power of prayer 
for others; that we 
must pray as well as do. 

27. Who gained the vic- 
tory ? 

Israel. 



XIX.— THE GIVING OF THE LAW. 



1. At the foot of what 
mountain were the people 
encamped when God gave 
the law to Moses ? 

Sinai. 

2. What did the Lord 
say Israel should be to him 
if they obeyed his voice ? 

A peculiar treasure 
above all people. 

3. What did all the peo- 
ple answer together ? 

All that the Lord 
hath spoken we will do. 

4. What did the Lord 
tell them to do for two 
days ? 

To wash and sanctify 
themselves. 



5. What happened on 
the mount the third day ? 

There were thunders 
aud lightnings, and a 
thick cloud, and the 
voice of the trumpet 
exceeding loud. 

6. What went up from 
the mount ? 

Smoke, because the 
Lord came down in fire. 

7. What did the people 
do? 

They stood far off, 

and trembled. 

8. What did the Lord 
then speak ? 

The Ten Command- 
ments. 



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9. What is the first? 
Thou shalt have no 

other gods before me. 

10. The second? 
Thou shalt not bow 

down to any graven im- 
age, or any likeness. 

11. The third? 

Thou shalt not take 
the name of the Lord 
thy God in vain. 

12. The fourth? 
Remember the Sab- 
bath-day, to keep it ho- 

13. The fifth? 
Honor thy father and 

thy mother. 

14. The sixth? 
Thou shalt not kill. 

15. The seventh? 
Thou shalt not com- 
mit adultery. 

16. The eighth? 
Thou shalt not steal. 



17. The ninth? 

Thou shalt not bear 
false witness. 

18. The tenth ? 

Thou shalt not covet 
any thing that is thy 
neighbor's. 

19. What did the Lord 
do with these Ten Com- 
mandments ? 

He wrote them on 
two tables of stone. 

20. Who made the ta- 
bles, and wrote the words ? 

The tables were the 
work of God, and the 
writing was the writing 
of God, graven upon 
the tables. 

21. Did the Lord speak 
any other laws ? 

Yes ; but only the 
ten w r ere written on 
stone with the finger of 
the Lord. 



XX.— THE GOLDEN CALF 

1. How long did Moses 
stay with the Lord in the 
mount ? 

Forty days and 

forty nights. 



2. What did he eat? 
He neither ate nor 

drank for forty days. 

3. Did the people see 
him ? 



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No, for the cloud 
hid him. 

4. Did they grow impa- 
tient? 

Yes ; they said they 
did not know what had 
become of him. 

5. What did they ask 
Aaron to make for them ? 

A god to go before 
them. 

6. Did he yield to them? 

He took their ear- 
rings and made a gold- 
en calf. 

7. What did the people 
do? 

They worshiped the 
calf, and ate, and drank, 
and played. 

8. What kind of a feast 
did Aaron call this ? 

A feast to the Lord. 

9. How could he call 
what was in honor of a 
golden calf a feast to the 
Lord? 

They worshiped the 
calf as a graven image 
of the Lord. 

10. Was the Lord very 
angry ? 

His wrath waxed hot 

against them. 



11. What did he speak 
of doing? 

Consuming Israel, 
and making a great na- 
tion of the children of 
Moses. 
12. Did that please Moses? 
He besought the Lord 
to spare his people. 

13. Did the Lord save 
them in answer to Moses? 

He did save them. 

14. When Moses went 
down to the camp, and saw 
the calf and the dancing, 
what did he do? 

His anger waxed hot, 
and he cast the tables 
out of his hands, and 
brake them. 

15. What did he do with 
the calf? 

He burnt it, and 
ground it to powder, 
and strewed it upon the 
water, and made the 
people drink it. 

16. Did not Israel after- 
ward have any tables of 
stone ? 

The Lord bid Moses 
hew out two tables, and 
the Lord wrote on them 
the Ten Command- 
ments. 



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XXI.— THE TABERXACLE. 



1. What was the taber- 
nacle ? 

A tent for the wor- 
ship of the Lord. 

2. Why did Israel have 
a tent instead of a house ? 

It could be folded up, 
and carried with them 
on their journeys. 

3. How was it made ? 
After a pattern the 

Lord showed Moses in 
the mount. 

4. What two rooms did 
it have ? 

The sanctuary, or ho- 
ly place, and the holy 
of holies. 

o. What divided these 
two parts ? 

A veil hung between 
them. 

6. What was in the court, 
or open place, before the 
sanctuary ? 

A brazen altar for 
sacrifices, and a laver 
for holding water. 

7. What was in the 
sanctuary? 

The golden altar for 

incense, a table for the 



shew-bread, and a gold- 
en candlestick with sev- 
en lamps. 

8. What was in the holy 
of holies? 

The ark. 

9. What was in the ark? 
The two tables of 

stone. 

10. What was the golden 
lid of the ark called ? 

The mercy-seat. 

11. What two figures 
were over the ark ? 

The cherubim. 

12. W T hat tribe of Israel 
attended to the tabernacle? 

The Levites. 

13. To what tribe did 
Moses and Aaron belong ? 

The Levites. 

14. W T ho were the 
priesis ? 

Aaron, his sons, and 
their descendants. 

15. What was the busi- 
ness of the priests ? 

To offer sacrifices and 
burn incense. 

16. Who could enter the 
sanctuary ? 

Only the priests. 



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17. Who could enter the 
holy of holies ? 

Only the high-priest. 

18. Could he enter it at 
all times ? 

Only once a year, on 
the day of atonement. 

19. Who was the first 
high-priest ? 

Aaron. 

20. Were sacrifices of- 
fered daily ? 



Every morning and 
evening. 

21. What were they ? 
A lamb in the morn- 
ing, and a lamb at even. 

22. What three feasts 
did the Lord command the 
people to keep each year ? 

The feasts of the pass- 
over, the first-fruits, and 
the ingathering. 



LEVITICUS AND NUMBERS. 
XXII.— THE PRIESTS. 



1. Who were IN adab and 
Abihu ? 

The two oldest sons 
of Aaron. 

2. What sin did they 
commit in burning in- 
cense ? 

They offered strange 
fire unto the Lord. " 

3. What was strange 
fire ? 

Other fire than the 
Lord had commanded. 

4. How were thev pun- 
ished ? 

A fire from the Lord 
devoured them. 



5. For whom did the 
high-priest offer sacrifice 
on the day of atonement ? 

For his own sins and 
for the sins of the peo- 
ple. 

6. What confession did 
he make, laying both his 
hands on the head of a 
goat ? 

He confessed over 
him all the sins of Is- 
rael, putting them upon 
the head of the goat. 

7. What was done with 
that goat ? 

He was sent away in- 
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ing upon him all their 
iniquities. 

8. What did Isaiah say 
of the Lord Jesus ? 

The Lord hath laid 
on him the iniquity of 
us all. Isa. liii. 6. 

9. What did John the 
Baptist say of Jesus ? 

Behold the Lamb of 
God, which t a k e t h 
away the sin of the 
world. John i. 29. 

10. What was done with 
a second goat that day ? 

It was sacrificed to 
the Lord, and so were 
other animals. 

11. W T hat did the high- 
priest do with the blood of 
the sacrifices ? 

He sprinkled it on 
the mercy-seat in the 
holy of holies. 

12. How did the Lord 
show his presence and fa- 
vor? 



In a cloud of glory 
upon the mercy-seat. 

13. Were the Levites 
counted as one of the 
twelve tribes of Israel ? 

No ; because they 
were set apart to the 
service of the Lord. 

14. Where did thev 
dwell? 

Among the other 
tribes. 

15. How were they sup- 
ported ? 

By tithes and offer- 
ings of the people. 

16. Of whom were alt 
the sacrifices types ? 

Of Christ Jesus, who 
suffered for our sins, 
and whose blood alone 
can cleanse from sin. 

17. Who is our High- 
priest ? 

Christ the Lord, who 
ever liveth to make in- 
tercession for us. 



XXIIL— SINS AND PUNISHMENT. 



1. Why did the people 
again murmur? 

They tired of manna, 
and wanted flesh to eat. 



2. Did the Lord send 
them flesh ? 

Enough to feast them 

all a whole month. 



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The Spies (Num. xiii. 23). 



3. What kind of flesh ? 
Quails that fell down 

in great number. 

4. How long were the 
people gathering them ? 

All that day, and all 
that night, and all the 
next day. 

5. How were they pun- 
ished for their complain- 
ing and greediness ? 

There broke out a 
very great plague. 

6. What were the graves 
of those that died called? 

The graves of lust. 



7. Who were sent to spy 
out Canaan ? 

Twelve men — one 
from each tribe. 

8. When they came 
back, what report did they 
bring ? 

That it was a good 
land, and flowed with 
milk and honey. 

9. What fruit did they 
bring with them ? 

A cluster of grapes 
borne between two men 
on a staff. 

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Israel to go up, and take 
the land, as the Lord had 
said ? 

No; they said the 
Canaanites were too 
strong, and would de- 
stroy them. 

11. Did all the twelve 
say that ? 

All except Joshua 
and Caleb. 

12. What did they say? 
Let us go up at once, 

for we are well able. 

13. What did the chil- 
dren of Israel say ? 

That the Lord had 
brought them out of 
Egypt to perish by the 
sword. 

14. What did they want 
to do ? 

To return to Egypt. 

15. How did the Lord 
punish them ? 

By making them wan- 
der in the wilderness 
forty years. 

16. How many of the 
men who were grown at 
the departure from Egypt 
entered the promised land ? 

Only two — Joshua 
and Caleb. 



17. Why were they 
promised to enter it ? 

Because they fol- 
lowed the Lord fully. 

18. What sin did Korah, 
Dathan, and Abiram do ? 

They rebelled against 
Moses and Aaron, the 
Lord's servants. 

19. What happened to 
them? 

The earth opened her 
mouth, and swallowed 
them up. 

20. Why were the peo- 
ple discouraged ? 

Because of the way. 

21. How did the way 
discourage them ? 

They tired of manna, 
and often lacked water, 
and were kept so long 
in the wilderness. 

22. What did the Lord 
send among the people 
because of their murmur- 
ings ? 

Fiery serpents. 

23. When they confessed 
their sins, what did the 
Lord bid Moses make ? 

A serpent of brass, 
and put it on a pole. 

24. What good did that 
do? 



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Whoever had been 
bitten, and looked on 
it, was cured. 

25. Who was lifted up 
on the cross for us ? 
Jesus. 



was 



he 



26. For what 
lifted up? 

That whosoever be- 

lieveth in him may not 

perish, but have eternal 

life. John iii. 12, 13. 



XXIV.— BALAAM. 

1. Who was Balak ? 
King of Moab. 

2. Whom did he send 
or? 

The prophet Balaam. 

3. What did he want 
Balaam to do ? 

To curse Israel. 

4. Why did he want him 
to curse Israel ? 

He thought that 
would help him to de- 
stroy Israel. 

5. What did he offer Ba- 
laam? 

Money and honor. 

6. Why did not Balaam 
go at once ? 

He said the Lord re- 
fused to let him. 

7. Did Balak send for 
him again? 

Yes, with larger of- 
fers. 



8. Did the Lord let Ba- 
laam go this time ? 

Yes. 

9. Why then was the 
Lord angry at his going ? 

Angry that Balaam 
desired for money to 
curse God's people. 

10. Who stood in the 
way before Balaam when 
he was riding to see Balak ? 

The angel of the Lord 
with a drawn sword in 
his hand. 



angel ? 



11. Did Balaam see the 
gel' 

No. 

12. Did the ass see the 
angel ? 

Yes, and was. fright- 
ened. 

13. W T hatdidshedo? 
She tried to turn 

aside. 



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14. How did Balaam 
treat her ? 

He beat her. 

15. What strange thing 
then happened ? 

She spoke, and re- 
buked him. 

16. What then? 

The Lord opened the 
eyes of Balaam to see 
the angel, and he fell 
flat on his face. 

17. W T hat did the angel 
tell him? 

Go, but speak only 



the word that I shall 
speak unto thee. 

18. When Balaam came 
to Balak, and built altars, 
and offered sacrifices, what 
did he say ? 

He blessed Israel. 

19. Did he want to bless 
Israel ? 

No, but God made 
him. 

20. What became of Ba- 
laam? 

He fought with the 
Midianites against Is- 
rael, and was slain. 



DEUTERONOMY AND JOSHUA. 
XXV.— CKOSSING THE JORDAN. 



1. Did Moses enter the; 
land of Canaan ? 

No. 

2. Was he permitted to 
see it ? 

The Lord showed him 
all the land from Mount 
Pisgali. 

3. Who buried him ? 
The Lord buried 

him, and no man knew 
where. 

4. Was Moses a great 
and good man ? 



He was the meekest 
of men, and faithful in 
all his house. 

5. By what name is he 
often called? 

The Lawgiver. 

6. How long did Israel 
weep for him ? 

Thirty da) r s. 

7. Who succeeded Mo- 
ses as their leader ? 

Joshua. 

8. How had he been 
trained for this office ? 



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The Ram's Horn, 



He had been long the 
servant of Moses. 

9. What did the Lord 
sav to Joshua ? 



I will not fail thee, 
nor forsake thee. 

10. What spies did Josh- 
ua send over the river ? 



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Two men. 

11. What woman of Jeri- 
cho hid them and cared for 
them ? 

Rahab. 

12. Why did she do this? 
Because she had faith 

in God. 

13. What river did Is 
rael cross to enter Canaan ? 

Jordan. 

14. Who dipped their 
feet in the brim of the wa- 
ter? 

Priests bearing the 
ark. 

15. What then came to 
pass ? 

The river parted, and 
the people crossed on 
dry ground. 

16. W r hat was the first 
city to which they came ? 

Jericho. 

17. What did their men 
of war do six days ? 

Marched around the 
wall. 

18. Who marched with 
them ? 

Seven priests, blowing 
trumpets of rams' 
horns. 

19. What did they do 
the seventh dav ? 

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Marched around sev- 
en times. 

20. What took place 
when they had finished the 
seventh round ? 

The trumpets sound- 
ed, the people shouted, 
the wall fell. 

21. What did they do to 
the city ? 

Destroyed it. 

22. Did they save no- 
body? 

They saved Rahab, 

her father's household, 

and all that was hers. 

23. Why were the Isra- 
elites defeated at Ai ? 

Because Israel had 
sinned. 

( 24. How had they 
sinned ? 

They kept and hid 
for t h e m s e 1 v e s what 
had been taken at Jeri- 
cho. 

25. What had the Lord 
commanded them to do 
with all the spoils ? 

Destroy them, except 
the silver and gold, and 
vessels of brass and 
iron. 

26. What was to be done 
with these ? 



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They were to be put 
in the Lord's treasury. 

27. Who had stolen any 
thing ? 
Achan. 



28. What had he stolen ? J burned. 



A goodly garment, 
shekels of silver, and a 
wedge of gold. 

29. What was done to 
him and his house ? 

They were stoned and 



XXVL— DIVIDING TtlE LAND. 



1. What was Gibeon ? 
A great city of Ca- 
naan. 

2. How did the Gibeon- 
ites deceive Israel ? 

They came to them 
with old clothes and 
moldy bread, and said 
they lived far off. 

3. W r hy did they do this? 

They were afraid Is- 
rael would destroy 
them. 

4. What did Israel do? 
They did not ask the 

Lord what to do, but 
made peace with them. 

5. When they found out 
that they had been de- 
ceived, why did they not 
destroy the Gibeonites ? 

Because they had 
taken an oath to be 
friends. 



6. What punishment did 
they put on them ? 

They made them 
slaves to hew wood and 
draw water. 

7. Who came against 
Gibeon for making peace 
with Israel? 

Five kings, 

8. Who smote the army 
of the five kings ? 

Israel. 

9. What did Joshua 
command the sun and 
moon on the dav of the 
battle? 

To stand still. 

10. How long did the 
sun stand still ? 

About a whole day. 

11. W T hat was that for? 
That Israel might 

pursue the enemy. 



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12. Among whom was 
Canaan divided ? 

The tribes of Israel. 

13. From whom did 
these tribes descend ? 

From Jacob's twelve 

sons. 

14. Were the children 
of Levi counted among the 
twelve ? 

No; because they 
served the tabernacle. 

15. How then were there 
twelve tribes ? 

Joseph was the father 
of two tribes. 

16. Of which two? 
Ephraim and Manas- 

seh. 

17. Did all these tribes 
dwell in Canaan ? 

No ; Reuben, Gad, 
and half of Manasseh, 
dwelt on the east of 
Jordan. 

18. Why did they dwell 
there? 



They liked the coun- 
try, and Moses permit- 
ted it. 

19. Did not their armed 
men help their brethren to 
conquer Canaan ? 

They did, and after 
that returned across 
the river to their own 
homes. 

20. When Joshua was 
verv old, what did he sav 
to the people ? 

He told them how 
good the Lord had been 
to them. 

21. What did he exhort 
them to do? 

To choose whom they 
would serve. 

22. What did he say he 
and his house would do? 

Serve the Lord. 

23. What did all the 
people reply? 

We will serve the 
Lord. 



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JUDGES. 

XXVII.— TKOUBLES AND DELIVEK- 

ANCES. 



1. After the death of 
Joshua, who was the leader 
of Israel ? 

Different men ruled 
in different parts of the 
land. 

2. What were these 
rulers called ? 

Judges. 

3. Into what sin did Is- 
rael go? 

They worshiped the 
false gods of the Ca- 
naanites. 

4. Did the Lord punish 
them ? 

He let their enemies 
defeat and enslave 
them. 

5. When they repented 
and cried to him, what did 
the Lord do? 

He raised them up 
brave men to deliver 
them. 

6. What woman was a 
prophetess and a judge? 

Deborah. 

7. What did she call 
herself? 



A mother in Israel. 

8. What did she stir up 
the people to do ? 

To fight against their 
oppressors. 

9. What did Israel gain ? 
A great victory, 

10. What became of Sis- 
era, the captain of the Ca- 
naanites ? 

He fled, and was 
killed by a woman. 

11. How did she kill 
him ? 

He slept in her tent, 

and she drove a nail in 

his temples. 

12. What song did Deb- 
orah compose ? 

A song of triumph 
and praise to the Lord. 

13. Who oppressed Is- 
rael in the days of Samson ? 

The Philistines. 

14. What was Samson? 
A Nazarite. 

15. What was a Naz- 
arite ? 

A man devoted to the 



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Samson's Death. 



Lord, who drank nei- 
ther wine nor strong 
drink, and whose hair 
was not cut. 

16. For what was Sam- 
son remarkable ? 

For his great 
strength. 

17. Why did the Philis- 
tines hate him? 

Because he slew so 
many of their people. 

18. By whose means did 
they get him into their 
power ? 

By a Philistine wom- 
an whom he loved. 

19. What did she do ? 
She teased him to tell 

her where his strength 
lay. 



20. W T hatdid he tell heir 
at last ? 

That if his hair were 
cut he would lose his 
strength. 

21. Did she cut his hair ? 
Yes, while he was 

asleep. 

22. What did her people 
(then do to him? 

They seized him, and 

put out his eyes. 

23. Why did they make 
a great feast to Dagon, their 

jgod? 

For delivering Sam- 
son into their hands. 

24. Where did they put 
Samson that day ? 

Near the temple, to 
I make sport for them. 



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25. What prayer did 
Samson make ? 

Strengthen me only 
this once, O God. 

26. What did he then 
do? 

Grasped the two pil- 
lars of the temple, and 
bowed himself with all 
his might. 



27. What happened to 
the house ? 

It fell upon the lords 
and all the people that 
were therein. 

28. Was not Samson 
killed also? 

Yes. 

29. Were many Philis- 
tines killed ? 

He slew at his death 
more than in his life. 



FIRST BOOK OP SAMUEL. 



XXVIII.- 

1 . Who was Samuel's 
mother ? 

Hannah. 

2. What does Samuel 
mean ? 

Asked of God — God 
gave him to Hannah in 
answer to prayer.. 

3. What song did she 
compose at his birth ? 

A song of praise to 
the Lord. 

4. What did she do with 
the child ? 

She lent him all his 
life to the Lord. 

5. Where was he brought 
up? 



SAMUEL. 

At God's house. 

6. Who was high-priest 
and judge? 

Eli. 

7. What was the charac- 
ter of the child Samuel ? 

He grew on, and was 
in favor both with the 
Lord and also with 
men. 

8. Who called to Samu- 
el three times one night ? 

The Lord. 

9. Who did Samuel 
think called him ? 

Eli. 

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him to answer if the Lord 
called again ? 

Speak, Lord ; for thy 
servant heareth. 

11. When Samuel said 
these words, of what did 
the Lord speak ? 

Of a dreadful judg- 
ment that should come 
on Eli's house. 

12. For what was this 
judgment sent? 

Because his sons 
made themselves vile, 
and he restrained them 
not. 

13. What did Eli pray 
Samuel to tell him the 
next morning ? 

What the Lord had 
said. 

14. When Samuel told 
him, what did Eli reply ? 

It is the Lord : let 
him do what seemeth 
him good. 

15. Who fought against 
Israel ? 

The Philistines. 

16. With what result? 
There was a great 

slaughter of Israel, and 
the rest fled. 



17. What became of 
Eli's two sons ? 

They were slain. 

18. What did the Phil- 
istines take? 

The ark of God. 

19. What ark was this? 
The ark in which was 

kept the law. 

20. Why was it not in 

the holy of holies ? 

When there was a 
battle, or a journey of 
Israel, the ark was car- 
ried before them. 

21. Why did the Lord 
let the ark be taken? 

To show the people 
that the ark could not 
save them while they 
lived in sin. 

22. When Eli heard the 
evil news, what did he do ? 

He fell from off his 
seat, and broke his 
neck. 

23. How came his fall 
to kill him ? 

He was very old and 
heavy. 

24. Where did the Phil- 
istines put the ark ? 

In the house of their 
idol Dag:on. 



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25. What happened to 
the idol because they did 
this? 

It fell before the ark, 
and the head and hands 
were cut off. 

26. What punishment 



befell the Philistines for 
keeping the ark ? 

A great destruction. 

27. What did they then 
do with it? 

Sent it back to the 
Israelites. 



XXIX.— ISRAEL DESIRE A KING. 



1. When the Philistines 
again drew near to battle 
against Israel, what did Is- 
rael do ? 

They begged Samuel 
not to cease praying for 
them. 

2. Did the Lord hear 
him? 

Yes ; and thundered 
against their enemies, 
and smote them. 

3. What monument of 
the victory did Samuel set 
up? 

A stone, which he 
named Ebenezer. 

4. What does Ebenezer 
mean? 

The stone of help. 

5. Why did Samuel give 
the stone that name ? 

He said, Hitherto 



hath the Lord helped 
us. 

6. When Samuel was 
old, what did Israel desire? 

A king. 

7. W T hy did they not 
want Samuel's sons to be 
their judges? 

The sons did not 
walk in their father's 
ways, but took bribes, 
and decided unjustly. 

8. What other reason 
did they give ? 

That they might be 
like all the other na- 
tions. 

9. What was the greatest 
motive, which they did not 
confess ? 

They tired of trusting 
and serving the Lord, 
and wanted a king to 
trust in. 



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10. Did the Lord bid 
Samuel let the people have 
their desire ? 

Yes. 

11. Whom did lie bid 
him anoint? 

Saul. 

12. What did anoint 
mean ? 

To pour oil on his 
head as a sign that God 
made him king. 

13. Was oil poured on 
any others? 

Yes ; on the high- 
priests. 

14. Of what tribe was 
Saul ? 

Of Benjamin. 

15. How came Benjamin 
to be a very small tribe ? 

It had at one time 
been almost destroyed 
because of a great sin. 

16. What was Saul doing 



when Samuel met and 
anointed him? 

He was seeking some 
lost asses of his father. 

17. How was Saul shown 
to be God's choice as king? 

Lots were cast, and 
Saul was taken. 

18. What did Saul do 
when the lot fell on him ? 

He hid among the 
stuff. 

19. Why did he hide? 
He was humble, and 

afraid to be king. 

20. When he was 
brought before the people, 
how tall did thev see him 
to be? 

Higher than any of 
the people, from his 
shoulders and upward. 

21. How did the people 
receive him ? 

They shouted, Long 
live the king ! 



XXX.— KING SAUL. 

East of Jordan. 
3. W r ho besieged it? 



1. What was the first 
great deed of Saul ? 

Delivering J a b e s h - 
gilead. 



The Ammonites. 

4. On what condition 



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ing to spare the lives of the 
citizens ? 

That they should give 
up the city, and have 
their right eyes put out. 

5. How long did they 
give them to decide ? 

Seven days. 

6. What did the city do? 
Sent messengers to 

their brethren of Israel. 

7. When Saul heard the 
news, what did he do to a 
yoke of oxen ? 

He hewed them in 
pieces, and sent the 
pieces to all the tribes. 

8. What did he threaten 
those that did not come 
to his help against Am- 
nion? 

That their oxen 
should be served this 
way. 

9. Did the tribes gather 
to Saul? 

They did with one 

consent. 

10. Did he succeed ? 
He smote the enemy, 

and saved the city. 

11. What great army 
did he next defeat ? 

The Philistines. 



12. What sin did he 
commit before that battle ? 

He offered sacrifices 
without waiting for 
Samuel to come, as the 
Lord had bid. 

13. What evil disposi- 
tions did this haste prove ? 

Willfulness and un- 
belief. 

14. What enemy did he 
next smite? 

Amalek. 

15. Of what wrong was 
he then guilty ? 

Of saving Agag, and 
the best of oxen and 
sheep he had captured. 

16. Why was that a sin? 
The Lord had devot- 
ed them to destruction. 

17. What did he say to 
Samuel ? 

I have performed the 
commandment of the 
Lord. 

18. What was Samuel's 
answer ? 

What meaneth then 
the bleating of the 
sheep and the lowing 
of the oxen ? 

19. What was the king's 
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That the people 
saved the spoil to 
offer sacrifices to the 
Lord. 

20. What did the proph- 
et say ? 

Behold, to obey is 
better than sacrifice. 

21. What did the Lord 
determine to do because 
of Saul's disobedience? 

To take the throne 



from his house and give 
it to another. 

22. What did Saul say 
when Samuel told him 
this ? 

I have sinned. 

23. Was Saul a true 
penkent ? 

No. 

24. How do we know he 
was not? 

Because he kept on 
sinning. 



XXXI.— YOUNG DAVID. 



1. Whom did the Lord 
choose to be king ? 

David. 

2. Who was David's fa- 
ther? 

Jesse. 

3. What did David do ? 



6. What enemy had 
again gathered against 
them ? 

The Philistines. 

7. What giant defied Is- 
rael? 

Goliath. 

t 8. Was any Israelite 

willing to fight him? 

K"o; he was too big 



boy 

4. How did he look ? 
Buddy, fair, and 

handsome. 

5. For what purpose did 
Jesse send him to the camp 
of Israel? 

To take food to his 
three oldest brothers. 



and strong. 

9. When David heard 
of it, what did he say to the 
king? 

Thy servant will go 
and fight with him. 

10. What did Saul re- 
ply ? 



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Goliath Slain, 



Thou art a youth, and 
he a man of war. 

11. What did David say 
had once taken a lamb out 
of his flock? 

A lion and a bear. 

12. And what had David 
done ? 

He smote and slew 
them. 

13. Who did David say 
would deliver him out of 
the hand of the Philistine? 

The Lord. 

14. Did Saul then tell 
him to go and fight ? 

Yes. 

15. What did he put on 
him ? 



His own armor. 

16. Could David wear 
Saul's armor? 

No. 

17. With what arms 
then did he go? 

With a staff, a sling, 
land five smooth stones. 

18. What did the Phil- 
'istine say? 

Am I a dog, that thou 
'com est to me with 
staves ? 

19. What did David an- 
swer? 

Thou com est with 
sword, and spear, and 
shield; but I come in 
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20. What did David then 22. Did the children of 
do ? j Israel then defeat the Phil- 
He slung a stone, and lstmes ' 

it sunk into the fore-: Th ey beat, and 
head of Goliath. chased, and spoiled 

them. 

21. With what did Da- 23> W h at son of Saul 
vid cut off his head? loved I)avid as his UW11 

With the giant's own life ? 
sword. Jonathan. 



XXXII.— SAUL PERSECUTES DAVID. 

1. Who met Saul when I 6. What did Jonathan 
he was returning from the do that made Saul angrv? 



slaughter of the Philis- 
tines ? 

Women out of all the 
cities of Israel. 

2. What did they sing ? 
Saul hath slain his 

thousands, and David 
his ten thousands. 

3. Did this please Saul ? 

It made him very an- 
gry, and he envied Da- 
vid. 

4. Why? 

Because the people 
praised David more 
than the king. 

5. What did Saul hid 
Jonathan and all his serv- 
ants do ? 

Kill David. 



He pleaded for Da- 
vid. 

7. Who warned David 
of the king's purpose? 

Jonathan. 

8. What did David do? 
He hid in caves. 

9. What followers did 
David have ? 

About four hundred 
men of Israel. 

10. For what did Saul 
put to death the priest 
Abimelech and all his fa- 
ther's house ? 

For giving bread to 
David and his men. 

11. With what did Saul 
pursue David ? 

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12. How did Saul come 
into David's power without 
intending it? 

He went into David's 
cave and slept. 

13. What did his men 
beg David to do ? 

To kill Saul, and take 
the kingdom. 

14. Why did not David 
take their advice? 

Because Saul was the 
anointed king. 

15. What did he do in 
order to show Saul that he 
had spared his life? 

He cut off the skirt 
of his robe, and, after 
he woke, snowed it to 
him. 

16. What did Saul say? 
He wept, and said, 

Thou art more right- 
eous than I. 

17. Did Saul continue to 
seek David's life ? 

He did. 

18. What did David do 
to Saul when he again 
found him asleep ? 

He took away his 
spear and cruse of w T a- 
ter. 

19. Whv did he from a 



distance reproach Abner, 
Saul's captain? 

For not having kept 
better watch over his 
king. 

20. To whom did David 
flee for safety ? 

To the Philistines. 

21. What greatly troub- 
led Saul, and made him 
tremble ? 

A great army of the 
Philistines came 
against him. 

22. Did he inqfuire of 
the Lord what to do ? 

Yes ; but the Lord 
would not answer him. 

23. To whom did he go 
then? 

To the Avitch of En- 
dor. 

U. Had the Lord for- 
bidden witchcraft? 
He had. 

25. Whom did Saul want 
to see ? 

Samuel from the 
dead. 

26. Did Samuel appear 
to him? 

He did; and Saul 
knew him. » 

27. What did the proph- 
et tell him ? 



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That on the morrow | 29. What became of him 
he and his sons would the next day? 



die, and Israel be beat- 
en. 

28. What effect did this 
have on the king ? 

He fell straightway 
his full length on the 
earth. 



He and his three sons 
were killed. 

30. What did his army- 
do ? 

They fled, and many 
were slain. 



THE SECOND BOOK OF SAMUEL AND 
FIRST OF CHRONICLES. 

XXXIIL— DAVID MADE KING. 



1. When David heard 
the news of Israel's defeat, 
what did he and his men 
do? 

They mourned, wept, 
and fasted. 

2. W T hat song did he 
compose ? 

A lament for Saul 
and Jonathan. 

3. Over whom did David 
now become king ? 

Over Judah. 

4. To which tribe did 
David belong ? 

To Judah. 

5. W 7 ho fought against 
him? 

Abner, Saul's cap- 
tain. 



6. Why? 

To make a son of 
Saul king. 

7. What was the result? 

David waxed strong- 
er and stronger, and 
the house of Saul waxed 
weaker and weaker. 

8. After David had 
reigned seven years and a 
.half over Judah, what did 
the other tribes do ? 

They anointed him 
iking over all Israel. 

9. What city did he 
make the capital of his 
j kingdom? 

Jerusalem. 

10. Where had the ark 



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been since it was sent back 
by the Philistines ? 

In a private house. 

11. What did David do 
with the ark ? 

He built a tabernacle 
on Zion, and put the 
ark in it. 

12. What was Zion ? 
A hill of Jerusalem. 

13. What great gifts did 
David have ? 

He was a musician 
and a poet. 

14. By what name is he 
called ? 

The sweet psalmist 
of Israel. 

15. Why? 

He wrote so many 
sweet songs of praise to 
the Lord. 

16. Was he a great war- 
rior? 

He subdued all the 
enemies of Israel. 

17. What great sin did 
he commit? 



He took the wife of 
Uriah. 

18. To what other sin 
did this lead ? 

The shedding of Uri- 
ah's blood. 

19. Did David himself 
kill Uriah? 

No ; but he told Joa.b 
to put him in the hot- 
test place of battle, and 
so he was slain. 

20. What prophet re- 
proved David? 

Nathan. 

21. What did David an- 
swer ? 

I have sinned against 
the Lord. 

22. Did David repent? 
Very deeply and bit- 
terly. 

23. 'What two Psalms 
express his penitence ? 

The thirty-second and 
fifty-first. 

24. Did the Lord forgive 
him? 

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XXXIV.— DAVID PUNISHED. 

1. Did not the Lord! jj e worshiped, and 
punish David for his sins? gaidj j ghall g0 to him 

He punished him se- but he shall not return 
verely. 

2. What reason did Na- 



to me. 

8. What son of David 
than give for the punish- was p raise d for his beautv ? 

m ^ t? K a- A 1 Absalom. 

.Because by this deed 1 _ ■ ■ . 

thou hast given great ?} t <* what cnme was he 

occasion to the enemies | He " rebelled ingt 

of the Lord to blas- higfather 

P heme - 10. Why? 



3. What does this mean? 
Bad men reproach 
religion "because this 



He 

king. 



wanted to be 



great king and^almist'^ow did^e stealths 

did such foul things. By p r o m i s e s to do 

4. When membersof the- t th j for them 

Church do wrong, what & , -, i iii 

when he should become 

king. 

12. What did David 



harm does it do ? 

It gives occasion to 
men to speak hard 
things against religion. nave t0 do? 

5. What was the first! To flee from the clt J' 
punishment of David ? 13. Why did not David 

His child sickened lead his tr00 P s against Ab- 
and died. salom's? 

a xktx. a-a t^ -a a\ His people would not 

6. What did David do , A , . r n r , T i i i 

while the child was sick? let him > lest he should 



Fasted and prayed. 

7. What did he say when 
the child was dead ? 



be killed. 

14. Who did lead them ? 
Joab. 



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Death of Absalom. 



15. What charge did the 
king give Joab about Ab- 
salom ? 

Deal gently for my 
sake with the young 
man. 

16. What happened to 
Absalom's army ? 

They were slain be- 
fore David's servants. 

17. What became of Ab- 
salom as he rode away 
through a forest ? 

His head was caught 
by the boughs of an 
oak. 



18. For what was he re- 
markable ? 

For his heavy suit of 
hair. 

19. Who thrust darts 
through his heart while he 
hung in the tree ? 

Joab. 

20. What did David say 
when he heard of Absa- 
lom's death? 

Weeping, he said, O 
my son Absalom! 
would God I had died 
for thee ! 

21. What did David de- 
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A house. 

22. What reason did he 
give? 

I dwell in a house of 
cedar, but the ark of 
God dwelleth within 
curtains. 

23. What did the Lord 
say ? 

That not David, but 

his son Solomon, should 

build the house. 

24. What did David do? 



He praised the Lord 
|for his great goodness. 

25. What prayer did he 
jniake? 

"And with thy bless- 
ing let the house of thy 
servant be blessed for- 
ever." 

26. How did he die ? 
In a good old age, 

full of clays, riches, and 
honor. 



FIRST BOOK OP KINGS AND SECOND 
BOOK OP CHRONICLES. 

XXXV.— SOLOMON'S REIGN. 



1. Who reigned after 
David ? 
Solomon. 



Ask what I shall give 
thee. 



5. What did Solomon 
2. \\ hat dying charge as ^- ? 



did David give him ? 

And thou, Solomon 
my son, know thou the 
God of thy father. 

3. How did he bid him 
serve God ? 

With a perfect heart 
and with a willing- 
mind. 

4. What did God say to 
Solomon in a dream by 
night ? 



An understand- 
ing heart to judge the 
people. 

6. Was the Lord 
pleased ? 

He was greatly 
pleased at Solomon's 
choice. 

7. What did he promise 
him? 

The wisdom and 



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knowledge he had 
asked. 

8. Did he promise him 
any thing else ? 

Riches and honor, 
which he had not asked. 

9. What great work em- 
ployed Solomon many 
years ? 

Building a temple to 
the Lord. 

10. Where did he build 
it? 

On Mount Moriah, a 
hill of Jerusalem. 

11. What kind of a 
house was it? 

Magnificent. 

12. What did it take the 
place of? 

The tabernacle. 

13. Was it made like the 
tabernacle? 

Yes ; with outer 
courts, and a holy 
place, and the holy of 
holies. 

14. Where did the peo- 
ple stand to worship ? 

In the outer courts. 

15. Who entered the ho- 
ly place ? 

Only the priests. 

16. Who entered the ho- 
liest of all ? 



Only the high-priest, 
and he only once a year. 

17. What is the longest 
prayer in the Bible ? 

Solomon's, at the ded- 
ication of the temple. 

18. At the end of his 
prayer what filled the 
house ? 

The glory of the 
Lord. 

19. What fell from 
heaven ? 

Fire to consume the 
sacrifices. 

20. What did the people 
say as they bowed with their 
faces to the ground ? 

They praised the 
Lord, saying, For he is 
good ; for his mercy 
endureth forever. 

21. What wrong thing 
did Solomon do? 

He married many 
wives of other nations. 

22. What did he do for 
these heathen wives? 

Built places for them 
to worship their idols. 

23. What did the Lord 
tell him he would do? 

Rend away a part of 
the kingdom from his 
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XXXVI [E KINGDOM DIVIDED. 

9. What tribes clung to 
Rehoboam ? 

Judah and Benjamin. 

10. Can you give any 
reason why Judah served 
Rehoboam ? 

He belonged to that 
tribe. 



1. When Solomon was 
dead, whom did all Israel 
make king ? 

His son Rehoboam. 

2. What complaint did 
they make ? 

Thy father made our 
yoke grievous. 

3. How was the yoke so 
grievous ? 

They had to pay such 
heavy taxes. 

4. What did they ask ? 

Make the yoke light- 
er, and we will serve 
thee. 

5. What did the old men 
advise the king to do ? 

To speak good words 
to the people. 

6. What did the young 
men advise him to do ? 

To make the yoke 
heavier. 

7. Whose advice did he 
follow ? 

The young men's. 

8. What did the ten 
tribes then do ? 

They rebelled, and 
set up another king- 
dom. 



11. Why did Benjamin 
cleave to him ? 

Benjamin was neigh- 
bor to Judah. 

12. Is there any other 
reason ? 

Jerusalem was partly 
in Benjamin, and the 
taxes had been laid to 
adorn it. 

13. Which was the most 
powerful of all the tribes ? 

Judah. 

14. Which was the next 
most powerful ? 

Ephraim. 

15. What were the names 
of the two kingdoms now 
formed ? 

Judah and Israel. 

16. Which was the south- 
ern? 

Judah. 



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17. Why did not Relio- 
bcam try to subdue the re- 
belling tribes ? 

The L o r d , by his 
prophet, forbade him. 

18. Whom did Israel 
choose for their king? 

Jeroboam. 

19. What wicked thing 
did Jeroboam do ? 

He set up two golden 
calves — one in Bethel, 
and one in Dan. 

20. Where was the place 



| the Lord had commanded 
the people to worship? 

At his house in Jeru- 
salem. 

21. Why was Jeroboam 
unwilling for his people to 
worship at Jerusalem ? 

He was afraid they 
would unite with Judah 
to form one nation 
again. 

22. What came upon the 
house of Jeroboam because 
of his and their sins? 

They all perished. 



XXXVII.— ELIJAH. 



1. Who was Elijah? 
A great prophet. 

2. In which kingdom 
did he live ? 

In Israel. 

3. Who was king ? 
Ahab. 

4. What kind of a king 
was he? 

He did evil above all 
that were before him. 

5. Who made him worse 
than he would have been ? 

His wife Jezebel. 

6. Who was she ? 

A heathen woman 
who worshiped Baal. 



7. What did Elijah 
prophesy ? 

That there should be 
neither dew nor rain 
for years. 

8. Where did the Lord 
bid Elijah hide from the 
wrath of Ahab ? 

By a brook. 

9. Who fed him ? 

The ravens, morning 
and evening. 

10. When the brook 
dried up for want of rain, 
to what place did the Lord 
send the prophet? 

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11. Was Zidon in the| wasted not, neither did 
land of Israel ? _ t h e cruse f [\ fail. 

No ; bnt near it. 19# ^hen the son of the 

12. Who fed Elijah in woman died, what did the 
that heathen city? | prophet do? 



A widow. 



He stretched himself 



13. What was she gath-| u P<> n the child, and 
ering sticks for when he prayed. 
went to her ? 20. What came to pass ? 

To cook a cake for The child lived again. 



herself and son, and eat 
it, and die. 

14. Why did she think 
they would then die? 

Because she had but 
a handful of meal and! 
a little oil. 

15. What did Elijah bid 
her do ? 

Make him first a lit- 
tle cake. 

16. What did he prom- 
ise her from the Lord God 
of Israel? 

That she should have 
meal and oil until rain 
came. 

17. Did she do as he 
said ? 

She believed, and 
obeyed. 



21. Was the famine se- 
vere in Israel? 

Very severe. 

22. To whom did the 
Lord send Elijah in the 
third vear? 

To Ahab. 

23. Had not Ahab 
sought his life ? 

He had. 

24. What question did 
the king ask him ? 

Art thou he that 
troubleth Israel ? 

25. .What did the proph- 
et reply ? 

Not I, but thou, and 

thy father's house, in for- 
saking the command- 
ments of the Lord. 

26. To what place did 



he bid Ahab gather to- 
18. Was the pr omi se'gether all Israel and the 
kept ? j prophets of Baal ? 

The barrel of meal Mount Carmel. 



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XXXVIII.— THE TKIAL ON CARMEL. 



1. What question did 
Elijah ask the people ? 

How long halt ye be- 
tween two opinions ? 

2. What did that mean? 
They were trying to 

serve both the Lord and 
Baal. 

3. How many prophets 
of Baal were at Mount 
Carmel ? 

Four hundred and 
fifty. 

4. How many prophets 
of the Lord ? 

Only Elijah. 

5. What did Elijah tell 
the false prophets ? 

To put a bullock on 
an altar, and call on 
Baal to send down fire 
to consume it. 

6. What did the proph- 
ets cry out from morning 
to noon, and from noon to 
the time of the evening 
sacrifice ? 

Baal, hear us. 

7. Was there any an- 
swer? 

No voice, and no fire. 



8. What did Elijah do'the God. 



at the hour of evening sac- 
rifice ? 

Built an altar, and 
put on it a bullock. 

9. What else? 
Poured twelve bar- 
rels of water on it. 

10. What prayer did he 
then offer to the Lord God 
of Abraham, Isaac, and 
Jacob ? 

Let it be known this 
day that thou art God 
in Israel. 

11. What then hap- 
pened ? 

The fire fell. 

12. What did the fire 
consume? 

The burnt - sacrifice, 
wood, stones, and dust, 
and licked up the wa- 
ter. 

13. What did the people 
do? 

They all fell on their 
faces. 

14. What did they say ? 
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15. What did they do to 
the false prophets ? 

Slew them. 

16. For what did Elijah 
prav when alone on Car- 
mel? 

That rain might come. 

17. How often did he 
pray ? 

Seven times. 

18. When did he quit 
praying ? 

When his servant 
told him he saw a cloud 
as large as a man's 
hand. 

19. What word did he 
then send to Ahab? 

To make haste, lest 
the rain stop him. 



20. Did it rain ? 
There was a great 

rain. 

21. How long had it not 
rained in Israel? 

Three years and six 
months. James v. 17. 

22. What became of 
Ahab? 

He was killed in bat- 
tle, and the dogs licked 
up his blood. 

23. What became of 
Jezebel ? 

She was thrown down 
out of a window, and 
the dogs licked up her 
blood. 



THE SECOND BOOK OF KINGS. 
XXXIX.— ELISHA. 



1. W T ho was Elisha? 

A prophet of the 
Lord. 

2. What did he do when 
a young man ? 

He followed Elijah, 
and waited on him. 

3. What strange sight 
did Elisha see one day 
when he walked and talked 
with Elijah? 



A chariot of fire, and 
horses of fire, came 
down, and parted them. 

4. What became of Eli- 
jah ? 

He went up by a 
whirlwind into heaven. 

5. Who else went to 
heaven without dying ? 

Enoch. 



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6. How did Elisha heal 
the bad water of Jericho ? 

By pouring salt into 
it. 

7. Who made a little 
chamber in her house for 
this man of God? 

A certain great wom- 
an. 

8. What did she do when 
her son died ? 

Went to Elisha. 

9. What did Elisha do ? 
He prayed, and 

stretched himself on 
the child. 

10. What then took 
place ? 

The child sneezed and 
opened his eyes. 

11. W T ho came to Elisha 
to be healed of the lepro- 
sy? 

Naaman. 

12. Who was Naaman? 
A great captain in 

Syria. 

13. Could men cure the 
leprosy ? 

No. 

14. Who told this hea- 
then that the prophet of 
the Lord could cure him ? 

A little captive maid 



of Israel, who waited 
on his wife. 

15. What did Elisha tell 
him to do ? 

To wash in Jordan 

seven times. 

16. How did Naaman 
like this command? 

He was very angry. 

17. W T hy was he angry? 
Because he thought 

that he would be bidden 
| to do some great thing. 

18. If he was to be cured 
by washing, where did he 
want to wash ? 

In the beautiful riv- 
ers of his own land. 

19. W r ho showed him 
his folly in refusing to wash 
in Jordan ? 

His servants. 

20. When he did wash 
in Jordan, was he cured ? 

His flesh came again 
like unto the flesh of a 
little child, and he was 
clean. 

21. Did he offer the 
prophet a great reward ? 

He did. 

22. Did Elisha receive it? 
He would not receive 

any thing. 



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23. Who went after Na- 
aman, and by a lie got from 
him a present of silver and 
clothing ? 

Eiisha's servant Ge- 
hazi. 

24. What punishment 
came on Gehazi? 

The leprosy. 

25. Against what city 
did Benhadad, king of 
Syria, come? 

Samaria. 

26. What was Samaria ? 
The capital of the 

kingdom of Israel. 

27. What great distress 
did it suffer because of the 
siege ? 

Famine. 

28. What proved the 
soreness of the famine ? 

Women even ate their 
children. 

29. What did Elisha tell 
King Jehoram when he de- 



spaired of help from the 
Lord? 

To-morrow there will 
be plenty. 

30. What caused the 
Syrians to flee in haste be- 
fore morning? 

The Lord made them 
hear a noise as of char- 
iots, and horses, and a 
great army. 

31. How did Israel find 
this out? 

Four lepers, lest they 
should starve to death, 
went to the Syrian 
camp. 

32. What did they find? 
Tents, horses, asses, 

silver, gold, and plenty 
of food. 

33. When they had eat- 
en, what did they do ? 

Carried the good 
news to the city. 



XL.— ISKAEL CARRIED INTO 
CAPTIVITY. 



1. What evil befell Is- 
rael during the wicked 
reign of Hosea ? 

They were carried in- 



to captivity by the As- 
syrians. 

2. Have they ever re- 
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They have not. 

3. What are the ten 
tribes now called ? 

The lost tribes. 

4. Why? 

Because they became 
scattered among other 
nations, and mixed with 
them. 

5. For what sins did the 
Lord bring on them this 
evil? 

They did like the 
heathen, and worshiped 
their idols. 

6. What is meant by the 
host of heaven which they 
worshiped ? 

The sun, moon, and 
stars. 

7. What horrid crime 
against their own sons and 
daughters did they commit 
in their worship of false 
gods? 

Caused them to pass 
through the fire. 

8. What did the Lord 
do to turn them from their 
wicked ways ? 

He warned and be- 
sought them by his 
prophets. 

9. Would they not listen 
to the prophets ? 



They would not be- 
lieve the Lord, but 
hardened their necks. 

10. When Israel was 
carried away, who alone 
remained to the Lord ? 

Judah. 

11. Did not Judah for- 
sake the Lord also ? 

They did ; but they 
did not do so as quickly 
and fully as the north- 
ern kingdom. 

12. Can you give any 
reason for this difference ? 

They had at Jerusa- 
lem the temple and the 
priests of the Lord. 

13. What did the king 
of Assyria do with the cit- 
ies of Sam aria after he had 
taken away the people? 

He sent there men 
from Babylon and oth- 
er cities. 

14. Whom did thev wor- 
ship? 

Their own false gods, 
and the Lord also. 

15. Were there any 
wicked kings of Judah? 

There were many. 

16. Who was king of Ju- 
dah when Israel was car- 
ried into captivity ? 



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Hezekiah. 22. What answer did the 

17. Was he a good king? prophet send ? 
He did right in thej That God would de- 
sight of the Lord, and fend the city. 

23. What did the angel 
of the Lord do that night 



destroyed the idols 

18. Why did he break 
in pieces the brazen ser-j to the Assyrians? 
pent Moses had made in! He smote one hun- 
dred and eighty -five 
e thousand. 



Because the peop 
burnt incense to it, as 
though it were God. 

19. What did Sennache- 
rib, the king of Assyria, 
send against Jerusalem ? 

A great army. 

20. To whom did Heze- 
kiah send for help ? 

To the Prophet Isa- 
iah. 

21. What could Isaiah 
do for him ? 

Pray to the Lord his 
God. 



24. When Hezekiah was 
very sick, for what did he 
pray ? 

To get well. 

25. What did Isaiah 
promise ? 

That he should get 
well. 

26. What sign did he 
give? 

The shadow on the 
dial went back ten de- 
grees. 



XLL— JUDAH CAEEIED INTO 
CAPTIVITY. 



1. Who was Manasseh ? 
The wicked son of 

good Hezekiah. 

2. What very wicked 
thing did he do ? 

He built altars to the 
host of heaven in the 



courts of the Lord's 
house. 

3. What else ? 

He shed much inno- 
cent blood. 

4. How old was his son 



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Josiah when he became 
king? 

Eight years. 

5. What kind of a boy 
and man was he? 

He sought the Lord, 
and purged the land 
of idolatry. 

6. What did he repair ? 
The house of the 

Lord. 

7. What did Nebuchad- 
nezzar, king of Babylon, 
do to judah in the days of 
their King Zedekiah? 

Carried the people 
captive to Babylon. 

8. What did he do to the 
house of the Lord ? 

Burnt it. 

9. What did he do to the 
wall and palaces of Jeru- 
salem ? 

Brake down the wall, 
and burnt the palaces. 

10. What did he do with 

the vessels of the house of 
God? 

Carried them to Bab- 
ylon. 

11. Why did the Lord 
suffer this great evil to 
come upon his people ? 

Because they despised 



his words, and misused 
his prophets. 

12. Did he not show 
compassion and long-suf- 
fering to them ? 

He did ; but they 
sinned more and more, 
until there was no rem- 
edy. 

13. What prophet fore- 
| told the seventy years' cap- 
itivity? 

Jeremiah. 

14. How did the king 
jof Judah treat him? Jer. 
'xxxii.-xxxix. 

He put him in prison. 

15. What A\as Jeremiah 
told by the Lord to do 
while in prison? 

To write the words 
of the Lord in a roll of 
a book. 

16. Where did Baruch 
read these words to the 
people ? 

At the house of the 
Lord. 

17. What did the king 
do with the book? 

Burnt it up. 

18. When Nebuchadnez- 
zar took Zedekiah captive, 
how did he treat him? 



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He put out his eyes, 
and bound him with 
chains. 



19. What great prophet 
prophesied during the cap- 
tivity in Babylon ? 

Ezekiel. 



BOOKS OF EZRA AND NEHEMIAH. 

XLIL — THE RETURN OF JUDAH 
FROM CAPTIVITY. 



1. How long did the cap- 
tivity of Judah last? 

Seventy years. 

2. Who had predicted 
that they would be restored 
after seventy years ? 

Jeremiah. 

3. What king did the 
Lord stir up to send back 
his people to their land ? 

Cyrus, king of Per- 
sia. 

4. Did all the Jews re- 
turn? 

Only a part. 

5. How did those who 
stayed in the land of cap- 
tivity help their brethren 
that returned? 

By t h ei r gifts of 
money and other pre- 
cious things. 

6. For what purpose 
were these gifts ? 

To help in building 

the house of the Lord. 



7. When the foundation 
of the temple was laid, 
what did the priests and 
Levites sing ? 

Praises to the Lord ; 
for he is good, for his 
mercy endureth forev- 
er. 

8. What did the priests 
and people do ? 

Some shouted, and 
some wept. 

9. Why did they shout? 
For joy that they 

again would have a 
house of God. 

10. Why did they weep? 
Because this house 

w T ould not be beautiful 
like Solomon's temple. 

11. How were they hin- 
dered in the work ? 

Their enemies ac- 
cused them of being 
rebels against the king. 



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12. Whose eye was upon 
them for good ? 

The eye of the Lord. 

13. When did they have 
another day of joy? 

When the house was 
dedicated. 

14. W 7 ho wept when he 
heard that the Jews were 
in great reproach and af- 
fliction ? 

Nehemiah, cup-bear- 
er to Artaxerxes. 

15. What did he do for 
them ? 

First, he fasted and 
prayed. 

16. What next? 

He begged the king 
to send him to them. 

17. What did he encour- 
age the people to do when 
he went to Jerusalem ? 

To rebuild the wall 
and gates of the city. 

18. Why was this a dif- 
ficult work ? 

Because the Jews 
were few and poor, and 
had many enemies. 



19. W T hat gave him suc- 
cess? 

The good hand of the 
Lord that w T as upon 
jhim. 

20. What book did Ezra 
the priest open in the sight 
of all the people ? 

The book of the law 

of Moses. 

21. On what did he and 
the other priests and the 
Levites stand ? 

On a pulpit of wood. 

22. How did they read 
the word of God? 

They read it distinct- 
ly, and gave the sense. 

23. What effect did it 
have on all the people ? 

They wept. 

24. What did Nehemiah 
and Ezra tell them ? 

Not to w T eep, but to 
rejoice in the Lord. 

25. Of what sin were the 
Jews never guilty after 
their captivity ? 

Of idolatry. 



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THE BOOK OF JOB. 
XLIIL— THE PATIENCE OF JOB. 

1. Where did Job live? J All his herds, and 
In the land of Uz. I flocks, and servants, 

2. What was his charac- j and children, were 
ter? 'killed. 

Perfect and upright;! " . 

-I » j n j ° i 9. v\ hat signs or great 

he feared God, and 

hated sin. 

3. How many children 
had he? 

Seven sons and three 
daughters. 

4. Was he rich ? 
Very rich, and the 

greatest man in all the 
East. 

5. What did Satan say 
of Job ? 

That he served God 
only because God made 
him prosper. 

6. What did Satan say 
Job would do if he lost his 
riches ? 

That he would curse 
God. 

7. What did the Lord 
suffer Satan to do ? 

To take away all that 
Job had. 

8. What then happened 
to Job? 

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grief did Job show ? 

He rent his mantle, 
shaved his head, and 
fell on the ground. 

10. Who did he say gave 
and had taken away ? 

The Lord. 

11. Did he curse God? 
He said, Blessed be 

the name of the Lord. 

12. What did Satan then 
say against Job ? 

That if his own body 
were afflicted he would 
curse God. 

13. How far did the 
Lord give Satan power 
over Job ? 

To smite him, yet so 
as to spare his life. 

14. How did Satan smite 
him? 

He was diseased from 

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15. What did liis wife 
urge him to do ? 

To curse God and 

die. 

16. What did he answer 
her? 

Shall we receive good 
at the hand of God, and 
shall we not receive 
evil ? 

17. Who came to see 
Job? 

Three of his former 

friends. 

18. What did they think 
was the cause of his suffer- 
ings? 

They thought them 



God's judgments for his 
great sins. 

19. Did they know of 
any sins which he had 
done? 

No ; but they believed 
him guilty of secret 
sins. 

20. What did the Lord 
do in the end ? 

He blessed Job more 
than in the beginning. 

21. Why did he let him 
be afflicted for a time ? 

To show that he would 
serve God in adversity 
as well as in prosperity. 



THE BOOK OF JONAH. 
XLIV.— MISSION OF JONAH. 



1. Who was Jonah? 

A prophet of Israel. 

2. To what great city did 
the Lord bid him go ? 

Nineveh. 

3. What was Nineveh ? 
The capital of As- 
syria. 

4. What was he to do 
there ? 

Cry against it for its 
wickedness. 



5. Instead of obeying the 
Lord, what did Jonah do ? 

Lie took ship for Tar- 
shish. 

6. What did the Lord 
send after him ? 

A mighty tempest in 
the sea. 

7. What did the sailors 
do? 

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out for whose cause the 
evil was upon them. 

8. On whom did the lot 
fall? 

Jonah. 

9. What sin did he con- 
fess ? 

That he fled from 
duty. 

10. What did he tell 
them to do with him in 
order to calm the sea ? 

Cast him into it. 

11. What swallowed Jo- 
nah? 

A great fish which 
the Lord had prepared. 

12. What did Jonah do 
in the fish ? 

Prayed. 

13. How did the Lord 
answer him ? 

The fish threw him 
up on the land. 

14. Did Jonah go to 
Nineveh ? 

He did. 

15. What did he pro- 
claim there? 

Yet forty days, and 



Nineveh shall be over- 
thrown. 

16. What did the king 
and people do ? 

They believed God, 
and turned every one 
from his sin. 

17. What else? 

They fasted and 
prayed. 

18. What reason did 
tliev give? 

Who can tell if God 
will turn away from his 
fierce anger, that we 
perish not? 

19. Did God then spare 
the city ? 

He repented of the 
evil, and did it not. 

20. Does God repent as 
men repent? 

He knows all things, 
and is always good, so 
that he does not change 
his mind. 

21. What is meant then 
by his repenting ? 

When men forsake 
their sins, he forgives 
them. 



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THE BOOK OF DANIEL. 
XLV.— DANIEL AND HIS FRIENDS. 



1. What Hebrew youth 
was carried captive to Bab- 
ylon ? 

Daniel. 

2. What was he chosen 
to become ? 

One of the king's of- 
ficers. 

3. Were any others of 
the children of Israel 
chosen for the same pur- 
pose? 

•Three. 

4. How were they to be 
fitted for their places ? 

To be taught three 
years the learning of 
the Chaldees. 

5. How were they to be 
fed? 

With food and wine 
from the king's table. 

_ 6. Why did Daniel ob- 
ject to this? 

Lest he should be de- 
filed. 

7. What did he ask to 
be fed on ? 

Vegetables and wa- 
ter. 



8. Why was the king's 
steward afraid to feed them 
on this poor fare ? 

Lest Daniel and his 
three companions 
should look ill. 

9. What did Daniel re- 
ply? 

Prove us. 

10. What was the result? 
They were fairer and 

fatter than those fed 
from the king's table. 

11. When the time came 
for them to stand before 
the king, what progress 
had they made? 

They were wiser than 
all the wise men of the 
kingdom. 

12. What troubled King 
Nebuchadnezzar ? 

A dream. 

13. What did he com- 
mand his wise men to do ? 

To tell him the dream 
and the interpretation. 

14. What did they an- 
swer ? 

That no man could 
tell what he dreamed. 



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15. Did they promise to 
interpret it, if he would 
tell it to them ? 

Yes. 

16. Why did n't he tell 
it? 

He had forgotten it. 

17. What did he threat- 
en to do ? 

Destroy all of them. 

18. When Daniel heard 
of this, what did he do ? 

He prayed to God to 
make known the secret. 

19. How did the Lord 
reveal it to him ? 

In a night-vision. 

20. What did he say to 
the king? 

That the God of 
heaven reveal eth 
secrets. 

21. When he told the 
dream and its meaning, 
what did the king say ? 

Of a truth your God 
is a God of gods and a 
Lord of lords. 

22. What image did the 
king afterward make? 

A great golden im- 
age. 

23. What did he com- 
mand should be done to 
the image ? 



That everybody 
should fall down and 
worship it. 

24. What threat did he 
make against any who re- 
fused ? 

To cast them into the 
midst of a burning fiery 
furnace. 

25. W T ho did refuse ? 
The three Hebrew 

friends of Daniel. 

26. What were their 
names in Chaldee ? 

Shadrach, Meshach, 
and Abednego. 

27. What did they say 
to the king ? 

Our God is able to 
deliver us, and he will 
deliver us. 

28. What else did they 



sav 



But if not, we will 
not serve thy gods. 

29. What was done to 
them ? 

They were cast into 
the burning fiery fur- 
nace. 

30. What did the king 
then see ? 

They walked unhurt 
in the fire. 



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31. Whom did he see 
with them ? 

A fourth person like 
the Son of God. 

32. What did the king 
bid them do ? 

Come forth. 



was there any sign of burn- 
ing on them ? 

Not even on their 
clothes or hair. 

34. What decree did the 
king make ? 

That no one should 
speak a word against 



33. When they came out, the God of these men. 



XL VI— FIDELITY OF DANIEL. 



1. What did Daniel in- 
terpret another dream of 
Nebuchadnezzar to mean? 

That he should be 
driven forth from men, 
and dwell with the ox- 
en. 



2. What did he counsel 
the king to do that this 
evil might not come on 
him? 

To break off his sins, 
and show mercy to the 
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3. What proud boast did! 11. What strange sight 



the king make? 

Is not this great Bab- 
ylon, that I have built 
by my power and for 
my honor ? 

4. What happened to read the writing ? 
him at that hour ? No. 



stopped their mirth ? 

The fingers of a 
man's hand writing on 
the wall. 

Could his wise men 



12. 



He was driven forth, 
and ate grass as oxen. 

5. What returned to him 
after seven years, as Dan- 
iel foretold? 

His reason. 



13. What did Daniel say 
were the words ? 

Numbered, weighed, 
divided. 

1 4. W r hat was numbered ? 
His kingdom — its 

6. What did the king do dayg were ended, 
when his reason and reign * , TT1 . , , n 
were restored ? 15 ' ™ hat wafi wei ghed ? 

He praised the King , T ^} art weighed in 
of heaven tne balances, and found 

7. What did he confess °" 

God could do to those that 16- What was to be di- 
walk in pride? vided? 

His kingdom. 

17. Why was punish- 
'inent to come on Belshaz- 



Abase them 

8. What king made a 



great feast in Babylon ? 
Belshazzar. zaY J _ 

9. Out of what vessels fi"*** h * had n0t 

did he and his lords drink gloriiied IrOd. 

wine? 18. W r hat befell him that 

The vessels that his night? 
father had brought He was slain, 
from God's house. 19. What befell his city 

10. Whom did they and kingdom? 



praise as they drank ? 
Their false gods. 



They were taken by 
Darius. 






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20. How did Darius 
treat Daniel ? 

He preferred him 
above all the princes. 

21. How did the princes 
feel to him ? 

They envied him. 

22. Why could they not 
find any fault in him ? 

Because he was so 
faithful. 

23. What did they say 
to each other was the only 
thing in which they could 
find any occasion to accuse 
him ? 

His keeping the law 
of his God. 

24. What decree did 
they persuade the king to 
make ? 

That for thirty clays 
prayer should be offered 
to him only. 

25. What did Daniel do? 
He continued to pray 

three times a clay to his 
God. 

26. What did the decree* 

! 



any one 



ex- 



threaten agair 

who asked any thing 

cept of the king ? 

He must be cast into 
the den of lions. 

27. When they told Da- 



rius that Daniel prayed to 
his God as aforetime, how 
was the king affected ? 

He was sore dis- 
pleased with himself for 
making the decree. 

28. Why? 

Because he honored 
and loved Daniel. 

29. What did the princes 
remind the king concern- 
ing the law of the Medes 
and Persians? 

That no decree could 
be changed. 

30. What did he then 
command ? 

That Daniel be cast 
into the den. 

31. Did the king sleep 
that night ? 

He was in too much 
distress to sleep. 

32. What did he do ear- 
ly next morning? 

He called to Daniel 
to know whether his 
God was able to deliver 
him. 

33. What did Daniel 
say ? 

My God hath sent 
his angel, and shut the 
lions' mouths. 



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Daniel in the Lions' Den. 



34. What was done to wives, and their chil- 
his enemies ? d ren> were cast i nto the 

They, and theirjden. 






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35. What did the lions 
do to them ? 

They brake all their 



bones in pieces before 
they came at the bot- 
tom of the den. 



THE BOOK OF ESTHER. 
XLVIL— QUEEN ESTHEK. 



1. Who was Esther? 

A Jewish orphan and 
captive. 

2. What was she in form 
and face? 

Fair and beautiful. 

3. Who brought her up 
as his own daughter ? 

Mordecai, her cousin. 

4. What did King Ahas- 
uerus choose her to be ? 

His wife. 

5. Did he know she was 
a Jewess ? 

No. 

6. W T ho was the favorite 
prince of the king ? 

Ham an. 

7. Why was Haman full 
of wrath against Morde- 
cai? 

Because he would not 
bow to him, nor do him 
reverence. 

8. What did Haman de- 
termine to bring about ? 



The destruction of all 
the Jews in the Persian 
kingdom. 

9. Of what did he accuse 
them to the king? 

That they did not 
keep his laws. 

10. What power did the 
king give to Haman ? 

To do to the Jews as 
it seemed good to him. 

11. What letters were 
sent out into all the prov- 
inces ? 

On a certain day to 
kill all Jews, young and 
old, little children and 
women. 

12. What did Mordecai 
and all the Jews do ? 

They fasted, and 
wept, and wailed. 

13. How did Esther 
learn about it ? 

Mordecai sent her 

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14. What did lie charge 
her to do ? 

To go to the king, 
and beg for the life of 
her people. 

15. What answer did she 
send him ? 

That it was death tO | 
go to the king unbid-i 
den. 

16. Did Mordecai never- 
theless insist on her going ?j 

He did. 

17. What did she ask ( 
that the Jews should unite 
with her in doing ? 

In fasting for three! 
days. 

18. What would she then 
do? 

I will go to the king ; 
and if I perish, I per- 
ish, 

19. What did the king 
hold out to her when she 
came ? 

The golden scepter. 

20. Of what was that a 
sign? 

Hi* favor. 

21. What did he prom-j 
ise her ? 

Whatever she should 
ask, even to the half of 
the kingdom. 



22. What did she ask ? 
That he and Hainan 

would come to a ban- 
quet with her next day. 

23. Was Haman joyful 
when he was invited to the 
banquet ? 

Yes; until he saw 
Mordecai, who would 
not bow to him. 

24. What did he tell his 
wife and friends ? 

That all his riches, 
and honors, and chil- 
dren, availed him noth- 
ing, because of Morde- 
cai. 

25. What did they ad- 
vise him to do ? 

To have Mordecai 
hung. 

26. What did the king 
do that night, because he 
could not sleep ? 

He had the history 
of his reign read to 
him. 

27. What service had 
Mordecai done for him 
which was written in the 
book ? 

Had saved his life by 
telling of a plot to kill 
him. 

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palace at that time to see 
the king ? 

Ham an, to ask that 
Mordecai might be 
hung. 

29. What did the king 
bid Haman do to Morde- 
cai ? 

Lead him through 
the city on the king's 
horse and in the king's 
apparel. 

30. What was he to pro- 
claim ? 

Thus shall it be done 
to the man whom the 
king delighteth to hon- 
or. 

31. When Haman met 
Ahasuerus and Esther at 
a second banquet, what did 
the queen do ? 

She begged for the 
life of the people. 



32. Who did she say was 
seeking to destroy them ? 

This wicked Haman. 

33. What did the kins 
do? h 

He had Haman hung 
on the gallows he had 
made for Mordecai. 

34. What permission 
did he give to the Jews? 

To defend themselves 
against their enemies. 

35. How did the Jews 
feel? 

They had light, and 
gladness, and joy, and 
honor. 

36. W T hat did they ap- 
point to be observed in cel- 
ebration of their deliver- 
ance ? 

A yearly feast of two 
days. 



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THE GOSPELS OF MATTHEW, MARK, LUKE, 
AND JOHN. 

XLVIIL— THE BIRTH OF JESUS. 






1. Who was the mother 
of Jesus? 

Mary. 

2. What angel told her 
that he should be born? 

Gabriel. 

3. What did he call her? 
Blessed and highly 

favored. 

4. By what power was he 
conceived ? 

By the power of the 
Holy Ghost. 

5. What was he to be 
called ? 

The Son of God. 

6. By what name does 
John call him in the first 
chapter of his Gospel ? 

The Word. 

7. What does he sav of 
the Word ? 

He was with God, and 

was God. 

8. What did the Word 
create ? 

He was before all 
things, and made all 
things. 



9. What was the Word 
made ? 

He was made flesh, 
and dwelt among men. 

10. What does that 
mean ? 

He was God from 
eternity, and became 
man. 

11. Who was Joseph ? 
Mary's husband. 

12. Was he married to 
her before the birth of our 
Lord? 

Betrothed, but not 
married. 

13. Had Jesus any 
earthly father ? 

He had not. 

14. Who gave him the 
name Jesus ? 

The angel. 

15. What does Jesus 
mean? 

Saviour — for he shall 
save his people from 
their sins. 

16. Where was he born? 
In Bethlehem of Ju- 

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17. How far was Bethle- 
hem from Jerusalem ? 

About five miles. 

18. Where was the home 
of Mary and Joseph? 

In Nazareth of Gali- 
lee. 

19. Where is Galilee? 
It is the northern 

part of the Holy Land. 

20. Why had they come 
to Bethleliem ? 

To be taxed. 

21. In what kind of a 
house was Jesus born ? 

In a manger, or sta- 
ble. 

22. Why not in the inn ? 
There was no room 

for them. 

23. To whom did the 
angel of the Lord make 
known his birth ? 

To shepherds watch- 
ing their flock by night. 

24. What did the angel 
call him that was born ? 

A Saviour, which is 
Christ the Lord. 

25. What does Christ 
mean? 

Anointed. 

26. Why was Jesus 
called the Christ? 



Because God appoint- 
ed him to save men. 

27. W T hat Hebrew word 
means the same as Christ ? 

Messiah. 

28. Who was suddenly 
with the angel ? 

A multitude of the 
heavenly host. 

29. What did they say ? 
Glory to God in the 

highest, on earth peace, 
good-will to men. 

30. What did the shep- 
herds do when they found 
Mary and the babe ? 

They praised God. 

31. Who else came to 
the manger ? 

Wise men from the 
East. 

32. What brought them? 
They saw his star, 

and came to worship 
him. 

33. Where did they first 
go? 

To Jerusalem. 

34. What question 'did 
they ask King Herod ? 

Where is he that is 
born King of the Jews ? 

35. Why did this trou- 
ble Herod ? 



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Wise Men from the East. 



Lest he should lose 
his kingdom. 

36. What did he inquire 
of the priests and scribes? 

Where Christ should 
be born. 

37. What did they an- 
swer? 

In Bethlehem. 

38. How did they know? 



The Prophet Micah 
had written it. 

39. What did the wise 
men do ? 

They worshiped the 
babe. 

40. What gifts did they 
present him? 

Gold, frankin cense, 
and myrrh. 



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HOLY CHILD. 

To Nazareth. 

8. What was done to Je- 



1. What had Herod told 
the wise men to do ? 

To bring him word 
where the child was, 
that he too might wor- 
ship him. 

2. What did Herod real- 
ly intend to do ? 

To put the babe to 
death. 

3. Why did the wise 
men go back to their own 
country by another way ? 

God warned them in 
a dream not to return 
to Herod. 

4. What did Herod do? 

He slew all the chil- 
dren in and near Beth- 
lehem from two years 
old and under. 

5. What had the angel 
of the Lord warned Joseph 
to do with Jesus and his 
mother ? 

To flee into Egypt. 

6. When Herod was 
dead, what did an angel 
warn Joseph to do ? 

To go back to the 
land of Israel. 

7. Where did he go with 
Marv and Jesus ? 



sus when he was eight davs 
old ? 

He was circumcised. 

9. What else was done 
to him while a babe ? 

He was presented to 
the Lord. 

10. What sacrifice did 
the law require on such 
occasions ? 

A lamb. 

11. If the parents were 
not able to offer a lamb, 
what did the law accept ? 

Two turtle-doves. 

12. What did Joseph 
and Mary offer ? 

Two turtle-doves. 

13. What did just and 
devout Simeon do to the 
babe at the temple ? 

He took him up in 
his arms, and blessed 
Gocl. 

14. W T hat did Anna the 
prophetess do? 

She also gave thanks 
to the Lord. 

15. What is said of the 
child J»t Xazareth? 



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He grew, and waxed 
strong in spirit. 

16. With what was he 
filled ? 

With wisdom. 

17. What was upon 
him? 

The grace of God. 

18. When he was twelve 
years old, to what feast did 
he go with his parents ? 

The Passover, at Je- 
rusalem. 

19. When his parents 
started back to Nazareth, 
where did Jesus tarry ? 

In the temple. 

20. When they missed 
him, and went back, where 
did they find him ? 

In the midst of the 
doctors, both hearing 
them and asking them 
questions. 

21. What is meant here 
by doctors ? 

Teachers of God's 
word. 



22. At what were all 
who heard him astonished ? 

At his understanding 
and answers. 

23. When his mother 
asked him why he had 
stayed behind, what did he 
answer ? 

Know ye not that I 
must be about my Fa- 
ther's business? 

24. Did Mary under- 
stand his sayings ? 

Not clearly, but sjie 
kept them in her heart. 

25. Did he go back with 
them to Nazareth ? 

Yes, and was subject 
to them. 

26. How was he subject 
to them? 

He did what they bid 
him, and served them. 

27. In what did he in- 
crease ? 

In wisdom and stat- 
ure, and in favor with 
God and man. 



L.— JOHN THE BAPTIST. 

1. Of what tribe in Is 
rael was Jesus ? 
Of the tribe of Judah 



2. Of what family? 
Of the family of Da- 
vid. 



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3. Of what tribe was 
John the Baptist? 

Of the tribe of Levi. 

4. What was his father ? 
A priest. 

5. What was the charac- 
ter of his father Zach arias 
and his mother Elizabeth ? 

They were both right- 
eous. 

6. Where was Zacharias 
when the angel Gabriel 
appeared to him ? 

He had gone into the 
tetnple to burn incense. 

7. What did Gabriel tell 
him? 

He should have a son, 
and he should be great 
in the sight of the 
Lord. 

8. What did Zacharias 
ask? 

A sign, or proof. 

9. What sign was given 
him? 

He was struck dumb 
until the child was 
born. 

10. W T hv was that ? 

To reprove his want 
of faith. 

11. What kin was the 
mother of John to the 
mother of Jesus ? 



Cousin. 

12. What prophet Was 
John like ? 

Elijah. 

13. Where did he 
preach ? 

In the wilderness. 

14. What did he preach ? 
Repent ye. 

15. What reason did he 
give ? 

For the kingdom of 

heaven is at hand. 

16. What did he say he 
was ? 

A voice crying, Pre- 
pare the way of the 
Lord. 

17. Who went out to 
him? 

Great multitudes of 
the Jews. 

18. What did he bid 
them do? 

Bring forth fruits 
meet for repentance. 

19. W T hat is repentance ? 
Turning from sin to 

God. 

20. What did he do to 
those who confessed their 
sins? 

He baptized them. 



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21. What did he baptize f He had need to be 



with? 

With water. 

22. Who did he say 
would come after him ? 

A mightier than I, 
whose shoes I am not us to fulfi11 a11 ri g ht ' 



baptized of Christ. 

27. Why did Jesus bid 
him baptize him? 

For thus it becometh 



worthy to bear. 

23. How did Jesus come 
after him ? 

He was about six 
months younger than 
John. 

24. What would Jesus 
baptize with ? 

AVith the Holy Ghost. 

25. When Jesus was 



eousness. 

28. When Jesus was 
baptized, what happened? 

The heavens were 
opened unto him. 

29. What did he see? 

- The Spirit of God 
descending on him like 
a dove. 



thirty years old, what did, 30 ' ^,. v ? ice . fr ° m 
h P do? I heaven did he near? 

A voice saying, This 



He went to John to 
be baptized. 

26. Why was John un- 
willing to baptize him ? 



is my beloved Son, in 
whom I am well 
pleased. 



LI.— THE TEMPTATION OF OUR 
LORD. 



1 . Whither did the Holy 
Spirit lead Jesus immedi- 
ately after his baptism ? 

Into the wilderness. 

2. For what purpose ? 
To be tempted of the 

devil. 



3. How long did he fast? 
Forty days and forty 

nights. 

4. When the tempter 
came, what was the first 
thing he told him to do ? 

If thou be the Son of 
God, command these 



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stones to be made 
bread. 

5. How did Jesus an- 
swer him ? 

Out of the Scriptures. 

6. What did he say is 
written ? 

Man shall live, not 
by bread alone, but by 
every word of God. 

7. Where did the devil 
then take him ? 

To a pinnacle of the 
temple in Jerusalem. 

8. What did he say to 
him? 

If thou be the Son 
of God, cast thyself 
down. 

9. W T hat did he say is 
written ? 

He shall give his an- 
gels charge over thee. 

10. What was the answer 
of Jesus? 

It is written jagain, 
Thou shalt not tempt 
the Lord thy God. 

11. What does that 
mean ? 

That we should not 
go into danger just to 
try whether God will 
deliver us. 



12. To what place did 
the devil then take him ? 

To an exceeding high 
mountain. 

13. What did he show 
him? 

All the kingdoms of 
the world, and their 
glory. 

14. What did he prom- 
ise Jesus if he would fall 
down and worship him ? 

All these things will 
I give thee. 

15. What did Jesus re- 
ply? 

Get thee hence, Sa- 
tan. 

16. What did he say is 
written ? 

Thou shalt worship 
the Lord thy God, and 
him only shalt thou 
serve. 

17. What did the devil 
then do ? 

He left him for a 
time. 

18. What is said in the 
Epistle to the Hebrews of 
the temptations of our 
Lord? 

He was tempted in 
all points like as we 
are, vet without sin. 



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19. Why was he tempt-' 21. What does succor 
ed ? mean ? 

To be made like unto Help. 



his brethren. 



22. What did the angels 



20. Since he has suffered, ! do to Jesus after Satan de- 
being tempted, what is he! parted? 



able to do for the tempted ? 
Succor them. 



They ministered to 
him. 



LIL— THE CALLING OF THE 
APOSTLES. 

1. As Jesus walked the! 7. What did he do with 
day after his baptism, what his brother ? 
did John the Baptist say Jj e brought him to 



to two of his disciples ? 

Behold the Lamb of 
God! 

2. What did the disci- 
ples do? 

They followed Jesus. 

3. W ho was one of 
them ? 

Andrew. 

4. Who do Ave believe 
was the other? 

John. 

5. To whom did Andrew 
go? 

To his brother Simon 
Peter. 

6. What did he sav to 
him? 

We have found the 

Messias. 



Jesus. 

8. What did Jesus sav 
to Philip? 

Follow me. 

9. Whom did Philip 
take to Jesus ? 

Nathanael. 

10. What did Jesus call 
Nathanael ? 

An Israelite indeed, 
in whom is no guile. 

11. Who was the brother 
of the Apostle John ? 

James. 

12. In what part of the 
Holy Land did Simon and 
Andrew, James and John, 
live? 

In Galilee. 



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13. What was their busi- 



ness : 
They were fishermen. 

14. In what sea did they 
fish? 

In the Sea of Galilee. 

15. What did he call 
them to be ? 

Fishers of men. 

16. Did they obey his 
call ? 

They forsook all, and 
followed him. 

17. How many did Jesus 
call to be his apostles ? 

Twelve. 

18. What did he appoint 
them to do ? 

To be with him, and 

to go forth to preach. 

19. What power did he 
giye them? 

To heal sickn esses, 

and to cast out devils. 

20. What is meant bv 
devils? 

Evil spirits. 



21. Which one of the 
twelve was a publican ? 

Matthew. 

22. What is a publican? 
A tax-gatherer. 

23. How did the people 
feel toward publicans? 

They despised them. 

24. Were the publicans 
bad men ? 

Many of them op- 
pressed and cheated the 
people. 

25. When the Pharisees 
complained that Jesus re- 
ceived publicans and sin- 
ners, and ate with them, 
what did he say ? 

The whole need not a 
physician, but the sick. 

26. For what had he 
come ? 

To call sinners to re- 
pentance. 

27. Whom did he come 
to seek and save? 

The lost. 



LIIL— THE DEATH OF THE BAPTIST. 

1. Who put John in the Herod who slew the 



prison 



? children of Bethlehem? 

Herod. A son. 

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Herod bind and imprison 
John? 

For Herodias's sake, 
his brother Philip's 
wife. 

4. What had John said ? 
It is not lawful for 

thee to have her. 

5. Why was he afraid to 
put John to death ? 

Because the multi- 
tude honored him as a 
prophet. 

6. Of what did John 
hear in prison ? 

Of the works of 
Christ. 

7. For what purpose did 
he send two of his disci- 
ples to Jesus ? 

To inquire w T hether 
he was the Christ. 

8. What did Jesus bid 
them tell to John? 

Those things wdiich 
ye hear and see. 

9. What things were 
they ? 

The blind receive 
their sight. 

10. What else? 
The lame w T alk. 

11. What more? 
The leper 

cleansed. 



12. What else? 
The deaf hear. 

13. What else? 

The dead are raised 
up. 

14. What else? 

The poor have the 
gospel preached to 
them. 

15. Of what were these 
ms ? 
Jesus was the 



things signs ? 

That 
Christ. 

16. What did Jesus say 
John was? 

The messenger before 
his face. 

17. What was John's of- 
fice? 

To prepare the way 
before Christ. 

18. On what day was 
John murdered? 

On a birthday of 
Herod. 

19. Who danced before 
Herod, and pleased him ? 

The daughter of He- 
rodias. 

20. What did he prom- 
ise with an oath to give 



her? 
are! Whatsoever 

! would ask. 



she 



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21. What did she ask,! 24. What did the daugh- 
as instructed by her moth- ter do with his head? 

ei ^i i j i? t i .i She carried it to her 
lhe head of John the ' mo ^} iei . 

Baptist in a charger. I " 

no tv i *i i • j • 25. W T liat did his disci- 

22. Did the king desire 

to ffive her this? 



He was sorry. 

23. What did he do for 
the oath's sake, and them 
which sat at meat with 
him? 

He sent, and behead- 
ed John. 



pies do ? 

They buried his body, 
and told Jesus. 

26. When Herod after- 
ward heard of the miracles 
of Jesus, what did he say ? 

This is John the Bap- 
tist risen from the dead. 



LIV.— THE PUBLIC TEACHING OF 
OUR LORD. 

1. In what country did | In the temple, on 
Jesus teach? i mountains, by the sea, 

Palestine, the Holy an d i n many other 
Lan d. Iplaces. 

2. In what parts of Pal-j 6# Did he go from place 
estme did he chiefly teach ?; to p j ace preaching? 

Galilee and Judea. jj e did. 

3 In what houses did he 7> Did many le fol . 

teach? low him? 

In the synagogues. Great multitudes. 

4. What is a synagogue ? 

A place where the 
Jews hear the Script- 



ures, and warship 

5. Where else did he 
preach ? 



8. Why did they follow 
him? 

To hear his words and 

see his miracles. 

9. What was said of his 
| preaching? 



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Never man spake like 
this man. 

10. For what was his 
preaching remarkable ? 

Wisdom, authority, 
and love. 

11. In what way did he 
teach ? 

By parables. 

12. What were his para- 
bles? 

Telling what the 
kingdom of God is like. 

13. What is his longest 
sermon called ? 

The Sermon on the 
Mount. 

14. What does it teach 
us that the law of God for- 
bids? 

A wrong spirit as 
well as wrong deeds. 

15. Whom does it teach 
us to love? 

Even our enemies. 

16. What does it say of 
giving alms, prayer, and 
fasting ? 

That we must not do 
these things to be seen 
of men. 

17. Where must we lay 
up our treasure ? 

In heaven. 



18. What was the cus- 
tom of Jesus on the Sab- 
bath-day ? 

To go to the syna- 
gogue. 

19. When he taught in 
the synagogue of Nazareth, 
at what did the people 
wonder ? 

At his gracious 
words. 

20. What question did 
they ask ? 

Whence hath this 
man this wisdom and 
these mighty Nvorks ? 

21. What mighty works 
did they mean ? 

His healing the sick, 
and other miracles. 

22. Wliose son did they 
say he was? 

The carpenter's. 

23. What did they call 
him? 

The carpenter. 

24. How did they know 
about his humble condi- 
tion? 

He had been brought 
up among them. 

25. What effect did this 
have on them ? 

They were offended 
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26. What did they desire 27. How did Jesus 
to do to him ? _ escape from them ? 

To cast him down 
headlong from the hill He > passing through 
on which the city was the midst of them, went 



built 



hi 



s way. 



LV.— MIRACLES OF JESUS 

1. What was his first 
miracle ? 

Turning water into 
wine. 

2. On what occasion did 
he work this miracle ? 

At a marriage- feast. 

3. Whose eves did he^ 



open : 

The eyes of a man s 
which was blind from P aJ 



of God, he could do 
nothing. 

7. What diseases did 
Jesus heal? 

All manner of dis- 
ease. 

8. Who was brought to 
him on a bed ? 

A man sick of the 



9. What did Jesus say 
to him? 



his birth. 

4. What* did the Jews 
say to him to prove that! Pn } 7 sms be forgiven 
Jesus had not opened his I thee, 
eves? 10. What else did he 



That Jesus was a sin- 
ner. 

5. What did he reply ? 



say 



One thing I knowjlytic do? 



Arise, and walk. 

11. W T hat did the para- 



that, whereas I was 
blind, now I see. 

6. What else did he an- 
swer them? 
If this man were not 



He arose, and went 
to his house. 

12. Who touched him as 
he walked along in a 
crowd ? 



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A woman who had 
been diseased twelve 

vears. 

«/ 

13. Whv did she touch 
him ? 

She said, within her- 
self, If I may but touch 
his garment, I shall be 
whole. 

14. What did Jesus sav 
to her ? 

Daughter, thy faith 
hath made thee whole. 

15. Was she healed ? 
Immediately. 

16. What did a leper say 
to him ? 

Lord, if thou wilt, 
thou canst make me 
clean. 

17. What did Jesus do? 
He touched him. 

18. What did he say? 

I will : be thou clean. 

19. What followed ? 
Immediately his lep- 
rosy was cleansed. 

20. Where was he asleep 
in a great tempest? 

With his disciples in 
a boat. 

21. What did the disci- 
ples do? 

They awoke him. 



22. What did they cry 
! to him ? 

Lord, save us ! 

23. What did Jesus say 
I to the sea? 

Peace, be still. 

24. What followed? 
There was a great 

calm. 

25. For what did Jesus 
reprove the disciples ? 

Because they had so 
little faith. 

26. What did they say 
one to another ? 

What manner of man 
is this ? 

27. Who besought him 
to come to his house ? 

Jairus, a ruler of the 
synagogue. 

28. What did he say of 
his little daughter? 

She lieth at the point 
of death. 

29. Who met them on 
jthe way to the ruler's 

house? 

Some who said, Thy 
daughter is dead. 

30. When Jesus entered 
the house, what did he do 
to the child ? 

Took her by the 
hand. 



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31. What did he say to the tombs, crying, and 
her . ? . cutting himself with 

Arise - stones. 

32. What did she do? j 39. Why did not men 
She arose and walked, confine him ? 

33. W T hat dead man, be-j He would break all 

ing carried ont to be bur- the chaing the t Qn 

led, did he meet? • • J r 

rpi i n jhini. 

Ihe only son of a! 

widow ^' ^ nat did J esus do ? 

34. What did he sav to! He bid the unclean 
the dead man? i spirit come out ol him. 

Young man, arise. 41. Was there only one 

35. What happened ? evil s P irit in him ? 
He sat up, and began | There were many. 

to speak. 42. Into what did the 

36. What madman met! demons S°_ ? 
him ? 

A man with an un-| 
clean spirit. swine? 

37. Where did the man! They ran into the 
dwell? !sea, and were drowned. 



Into a herd of swine. 
43. What became of the 



Among the tombs. 

38. How did he spend 
all his time ? 

Night and day, in 
the mountains and in 



44. What became of the 
man? 

He went to his fam- 
ily, clothed and in his 
right mind. 



LVL— 

1. Who came 
by night ? 

Nicodemus. 



SEEKERS OF JESUS 

to Jesus 



2. Who was Xicodemus? 



A Pharisee, and a 
ruler of the Jews. 

3. What did he say to 
Jesus ? 



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Thou art a teacher 
come from God. 

4. How did he know 
that? 

For no man can do 
these miracles that thou 
doest, except God be 
with him. 

5. What did oar Lord 
tell him? 

Except a man be horn 
again, he cannot see 
the kingdom of God. 

6. Of what must he be 
born again? 

Of water and of the 
Spirit. 

7. What is it to be born 
of the Spirit? 

To receive a new 
heart. 

8. Who alone can give 
us a new heart ? 

The Holy Spirit. 

9. What else did Jesus 
tell Nieodemus ? 

That God so loved 
the world as to give his 
only-begotten Son. 

10. For what purpose 
did God give his Son ? 

That whosoever be- 
lieveth in him should 
not perish, but have 
eternal life. 



11. W T ho came running 
to Jesus ? 

A rich young ruler. 

12. What question did 
he ask of Jesus ? 

What shall I do, that 
I may have eternal 
life? 

13. What did our Lord 
answer him ? 

Keep the Command- 
ments. 

14. What did the young 
man then say ? 

All these have I kept 
from my youth up. 

15. How did the Master 
feel toward him? 

He loved him. 

16. What other com- 
mand did he give him? 

Sell all that thou 
hast, give to the poor, 
jand follow me. 

17. What did he prom- 
ise him ? 

And thou shalt have 
treasure in heaven. 

18. What did the young 
ruler do? 

He went away sor- 
rowful. 

19. Whv did he not obey 
Christ? 

For he was very rich. 



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20. What did Jesus say 
to the disciples ? 

How hard is it for 
them that trust in 
riches to enter into the 
kingdom of God ! 

21. What did Peter say ? 
We have left all, and 

followed thee. 

22. What did Jesus 
promise to every one who 
forsakes all for his sake ? 

A hundred -fold in 
this life, with persecu- 
tions. 

23. What in the world 
to come ? 

Eternal life. 

24. What question did a 
scribe ask our Lord ? 

Master, which is the 



first commandment of 
all? 

25. What did Christ re- 
ply? 

Thou shalt love the 
Lord thy God with all 
thy heart. 

26. What did he say is 
the second great command- 
ment ? 

Thou shalt love thy 
neighbor as thyself. 

27. What did the scribe 
answer ? 

Well, Master, thou 
hast said the truth. 

28. What did Jesus say 
to him? 

Thou art not far from 
the kingdom of God. 



LVIL— PHAKISEES AND SADDUCEES. 



1. Who were the Phari- 
sees? 

Jews who professed 
to be very strict in keep- 
ing the law of Moses. 

2. What did they accuse 
Jesus of? 

Of not honoring the 
law. 

3. What did thev com- 



plain of his disciples doing 
on the Sabbath-day ? 

Of plucking ears of 
corn to eat when hun- 
gry- 

4. What did they com- 
plain of Christ doing on 
the Sabbath ? 

Healing a man with 
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The Lost Sheep (Luke xv.). 



5. What did he say is 
lawful on the Sabbath-day ? 

To do well. 

6. What did he say of 
the Sabbath? 

The Sabbath was 

made for man, and not 

man for the Sabbath. 

7. What scripture did 
he say the Pharisees did 
not understand? 

I will have mercy and 
not sacrifice. 



8. What does that mean ? 
That in the sight of 

God a loving heart is 
better than outward 
forms. 

9. What tradition did 
the Pharisees complain 
that his disciples trans- 
gressed ? 

That the hands must 
be washed before eating 
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10. What is a tradition ? 
A saying handed 

down by men, but not 
written in God's word. 

11. What did Jesus re- 
ply to these Pharisees? 

That they laid aside 
God's commandment, 
and held the tradition 
of men. 

12. What did he say de- 
files a man ? 

Wicked tempers in 
the heart. 

13. What else did they 
accuse Jesus of? 

Receiving publicans 
and sinners. 

14. By what three para- 
bles did he answer them ? 

The lost sheep, the 
lost coin, and the prod- 
igal son. 

15. What did the shep- 
herd do who had lost one 
of his hundred sheep? 

Left the ninety and 
nine, and went in search 
of it. 

16. Why did he leave 
the ninety and nine ? 

Because they w ere 
safe. 

17. What did the worn- 

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an do who had lost one of 
her ten pieces of silver? 

She lit the candle, 
swept the house, and 
looked for it till she 
found it. 

18. What did the father 
do when his son, who had 
gone far off and wasted his 
goods in sin, came back ? 

He kissed him, and 
killed for him the fat- 
ted calf. 

19. Why did the father 
rejoice ? 

For this my son was 
dead, and is alive 
again ; he was lost, and 
is found. 

20. What joy is there in 
heaven ? 

Over one sinner that 
repenteth, more than 
over ninety and nine 
just persons which need 
no repentance. 

21. Who once washed 
the feet of Jesus with her 
tears ? 

A woman who was a 

sinner. 

22. Where was this? 
As he sat at table in 

a Pharisee's house. 



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23.. What else did the 
woman do ? 

She wiped them with 
the hairs of her head. 

24. What more ? 
She kissed and 

anointed them. 

25. Why was the Phari- 
see offended at this ? 

Because Jesus let 
such a sinner touch 
him. 

26. How did Jesus an- 
swer his thoughts ? 

By a parable of two 
debtors. 

27. How much did they 
owe ? 

One owed five hun- 
dred pence, and the 
other fifty pence. 

28. What were they able 
to pay ? 

Nothing. 

29. What did the man 
do to whom they owed the 
money ? 

He freely forgave 
them both. 

30. Which of them 
loved him most? 



The one to whom he 
forgave most. 

31. How did this woman 
show her love to Christ ? 

By her tears and her 

kisses of his feet. 

32. Why did she love 
much ? 

She had much for- 
given. 

33. Who were the Sad- 
ducees ? 

Jews who believed 
that there was no res- 
urrection, nor angel, 
nor spirit. 

34. What question did 
they ask Jesus about the 
woman who had seven 
husbands ? 

In the resurrection, 
whose wife shall she 
be? 

35. What did he an- 
swer? 

I n t h e resurrection 
they neither marry, nor 
are given in marriage. 

36. Whom are they 
like? 

The angels of God in 
heaven. 



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Jesus at Jacob's Well. 

LVIIL— SAMAKITANS AND 
GENTILES. 



1. In passing from Ju- 
dea to Galilee, through 
what part of the Holy 
Land did Jesus once go ? 

Samaria. 



2. Coming to the city of 
Sychar, where did he sit? 

On Jacob's well. 

3. Whv did he sit there? 



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He was wearied with 
liis journey. 

4. Who came there to 
draw water ? 

A woman of Sama- 
ria. 

5. What did Jesus ask 
of her? 

Give me to drink. 

6. What surprised her? 
That he, being a Jew, 

should ask drink of a 
Samaritan. 

7. Whv did this surprise 
her? 

For the Jews have no 
dealings with the Sa- 
maritans. 

8. What did Jesus say 
she would ask of him, if 
she knew who he was ? 

Living water. 

9. What happens to 
those who drink the water 
of Nature? 

They thirst again. 

10. What happens to one 
who drinks of the water 
Christ gives ? 

He shall never thirst. 

11. How is it that he 
never thirsts ? 

Because it shall be in 

him a well of water 



springing up into ever- 
lasting life. 

12. What is that water? 
The grace of God in 

the heart. 

13. What did she per- 
ceive him to be ? 

A prophet. 

14. How did she per- 
ceive that ? 

Because he told her 
things in her past life. 

15. About what did she 
inquire of him ? 

The true place to 
worship God. 

16. What did she say of 
Mount Gerizim ? 

Our fathers wor- 
shiped in this mount- 
ain. 

17. Where did the Jews 
say that men ought to 
worship? 

At Jerusalem. 

18. What hour did he 
tell her was at hand ? 

When ye shall nei- 
ther in this mountain, 
nor yet at Jerusalem, 
worship the Father. 

19. What is God? 
A Spirit. 

20. How do true wor- 
shipers worship him ? 



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In spirit arid in truth. 

21. When the woman 
left Jesus, what did she 
tell the men in the city? 

That she had seen the 
Christ. 

22. Did thev believe on 
him ? 

Many did, because of 
what she told them. 

23. What did they beg 
him to do? 

To tarry with them. 

24. How long did he 
tarry ? 

Two days. 

25. What was the result? 
Many more believed 

because of his own 
word. 

26. Who at Capernaum 
sent the elders of the Jews 
to beseech Jesus to heal 
his servant? 

A centurion. 

27. What is a centurion ? 
A captain of soldiers. 

28. Was he a Jew? 
No ; he was a Gen- 
tile. 

29. What 'did the elders 
say of him ? 

He loveth our nation, 
and hath built us a 
synagogue. 



30. Was his servant very 
sick? 

He was ready to die. 

31. What message did 
he send to Christ? 

I am not worthy that 
thou shouldest enter 
under my roof. 

32. W T hy had he not 
gone himself to Christ ? 

Neither thought I 
myself worthy to come 
unto thee. 

33. How then did he be- 
lieve that Jesus could heal 
his servant? 

Speak the word only, 
and my servant shall 
be healed. 

34. What did Jesus say 
of his faith ? 

I have not found so 
great faith, no, not in 
Israel. 

35. What Syropheni- 
cian woman came to him 
once? 

A mother, to beseech 
him for her young 
daughter. 

36. What was the matter 
with her daughter ? 

She was grievously 
vexed with a devil. 



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37. What did he answer 
her? 

Not a word. 

38. What did she do? 
She fell at his feet, 

saying, Lord, help me! 

39. What reply did he 
then make? 

It is not meet to take 
the children's bread 
and cast it to the dogs. 

40. Whom did he mean 
by the children ? 

The Jews, who were 
the children of Abra- 
ham. 

41. AVhom did he mean 
by the dogs ? 



The heathen. 

42. What did she then 
say ? 

Truth, Lord ; yet the 
dogs eat of the chil- 
dren's crumbs. 

43. What did Jesus an- 
swer ? 

O woman, great is 
thy faith. 

44. Did he grant her 
prayer ? 

Her daughter was 
made whole from that 
very hour. 

45. Why did he delay 
the answer? 

That he might prove 
her faith. 



LIX.— FEEDING THE FIVE 
THOUSAND. 



1. To what place near 
Bethsaida did a great mul- 
titude follow Jesus ? 

To a desert place. 

2. Of what did he speak 
to them ? 

Of the kingdom of 
God. 

3. What works of mercy 
did he do ? 



He healed them that 
had need of healing. 

4. How did he feel to- 
ward them ? 

He was moved with 

compassion. 

5. What did he tell the 
twelve disciples to do? 

To give them to eat. 



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6. What food was there 
at the place ? 

A lad had barley 
loaves and two small 
fishes. 

7. What did Jesus do 
with these? 

He looked up to 
heaven, and blessed 
and brake the loaves. 

8. Among whom did he 
divide the loaves and fish- 
es? 

Among all the peo- 
ple. 

9. How much did they 
have? 

As much as they 
would. 

10. How majiv were 
they ? 

About five thousand 
men, besides women 
and children. 

11. After all were filled, 
how much was left ? 

Twelve basketfuls. 

12. What would the men 
have done? 

They would have 
made Jesus king by 
force. 

13. Where is Christ's 
kingdom ? 



In the hearts of men. 

14. How does he rule? 
By truth and love. 

15. What did he do with 
the multitude? 

Sent them away. 

16. What did he con- 
strain the twelve to do ? 

To go into a ship. 

17. Where did he him- 
self go? 

Into a mountain 
alone. 

18. How did he spend 
the night ? 

In secret prayer. 

19. Why could not the 
disciples cross the lake ? 

The wind was high 
and contrary. 

20. What did they see 
toward morning? 

Jesus walking on the 
sea. 

21. Were they afraid? 
Yes, until Jesus 

spoke. 

22. What did Peter ask? 
Permission to walk to 

Jesus. 

23. How did he feel 
when he saw that the wind 
was boisterous ? 

Afraid. 



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Walking on the Water. 

24. Soon as he began to 27. What reproof did he 
doubt, what happened? give him? 

He began to sink. O thou of little faith, 

25. What did he cry out? wherefore didst thou 
Lord, save me ! doubt ? 

26. What did Jesus do? 



He stretched forth 
his hand, and caught.ship? 
him. The wind ceased 



28. What happened as 
soon as thev came into the 
? 



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LX.— THE TRANSFIGURATION. 

1. Whom did men say 1 9. What rebuke did he 
that Jesus was ? speak ? 

Some said, John the: Be it far from thee, 
Baptist ; some, Elijah ; Lord : this shall not be 
some, one of the proph- unto thee. 
ets. 10. What did Jesus say 

2. What did Simon say ?! to Peter? 

Thou art the Christ, Get thee behind me, 
the Son of the living Satan. 
God. 11. What fault did he 

3. What did Christ then M with Peter? 
say to him ? He thought and felt 

like a worldly man, not 

like a child of God. 



Blessed art thou. 

4. Why was he blessed ? 
Because God had re- 
vealed this to him. 

5. What name did he 
give to Simon ? 

Peter. 

6. What does Peter 



12. What command did 
he put on all his disciples? 

To deny themselves, 
take up their cross, and 
follow him. 

13. Whom did Jesus 



| take with him into a high 
I mountain apart? 



mean ? 
A rock. 

7. What did Jesus begin ! Peter, James, and 
to show to his disciples ? j John. 

That he must suffer; 14. What came upon 
and be killed at Jeru- Jesus there? 
salem, and be raised! He was transfigured, 
again the third day. 15. How was he trans- 

8. How did Peter re-i n g ur f d? 

ceive these words ? His face did shine as 

He began to rebuke! the sun, and his raiment 
Jesus. 'was white as the light. 



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16. Who appeared with 
him? 

Moses and Elijah. 

17. How did they ap- 
pear? 

In glory. 

18. Of what did they 
talk with Jesus? 

Of his death. 

19. What did Peter want 
to build for Jesus, Moses, 
and Elias. 

Three tents. 

20. What overshadowed 
them? 

A cloud. 

21. What did a voice 
out of the cloud say? 

This is my beloved 
Son, in whom I am well 
pleased ; hear ye him. 

22. When they came 
down from the mountain, 
who knelt down to Jesus ? 

The father of an af- 
flicted child. 

23. What possessed this 
child ? 

A dumb spirit. 

24. What did the evil 
spirit do to him? 

The spirit teareth 
him ; and he foameth, 
and gnasheth with his 
teeth, and piueth away. 



25. Into what would the 
spirit sometimes cast him ? 

Into the fire, and in- 
to the waters, to destroy 
him. 

26. Whom had he asked 
to heal his son while Jesus 
was in the mountain ? 

His disciples. 

27. Whv did not they do 
it? 

They could not. 

28. What prayer did the 
father offer to Jesus ? 

If thou canst do any 
thing, have compassion 
on us, and help us. 

29. What did Jesus an- 
swer ? 

If thou canst believe, 
all things are possible 
to him that believeth. 

30. What did he say 
with tears? 

Lord, I believe ; help 
thou mine unbelief. 

31. What did Jesus say 
to the dumb and deaf spir- 
it? 

I charge thee, come 
out of him, and enter 
no more into him. 

32. Did the spirit come 
out? 

The spirit cried, and 



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rent him sore, and came 34. Why could not the 
out of him. disciples cast out the spir- 

33. Was the child cured ? it? 

Yes, from that very Because of their un- 
hour. belief. 



LXL— THE SISTERS AND LAZARUS. 



1. Why were little chil 
dren brought to Jesus? 



He took them up in 

a his arms, put his hands 
That he should put u pon th em and blessed 

his hands on them, and ;^ em 

pray. 

2. What did the disci- 
ples do ? 

Rebuked those that 
brought them. 



3. Did our Lord approve 
that? 

He was much dis- 
pleased. 

4. What did he say ? 
Suffer the little chil- 
dren to come unto me,' oves * 1S Slc ^- 

and forbid them not. 11- After how long a 

T--J i time did he go to Lazarus ? 



8. What friends of Jesus 
lived at Bethany ? 

Martha, and Mary, 
and Lazarus. 

9. Where is Bethany? 
A village about two 

miles from Jerusalem. 

10. What message did 
the sisters send to Christ ? 

Lord, he whom thou 



5. What reason 



give ! 

For of such is 
kingdom of God. 

6. How must we receive 
the kingdom of God ? 

As a little child. 

7. What did he do to the 
children ? 



Two days. 

the | 12. What did Martha 

say to Jesus when he came ? 

Lord, if thou hadst 

been here, my brother 

had not died. 



swer 



13. What did Jesus an- 

9 



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I am the resurrection 
and the life. 

14. What did Mary say 
when she came where Je- 
sus was ? 

Lord, if thou hadst 
been here, my brother 
had not died. 

15. What did Jesus do 
at the grave ? 

Jesus wept. 

16. What kind of a 
grave was it ? 

A cave, closed with a 
stone. 

17. What did our Lord 
say? 

Take ye away the 
stone. 

18. How long did Mar- 
tha say her brother had 
been dead ? 

Four days. 

19. What did Jesus re- 

ply?. 

Said I not unto thee, 
that if thou wouldest 
believe, thou shouldest 
see the glory of God ? 

20. What then did he 
cry with a loud voice ? 

Lazarus, come forth! 

21. What did he that 
was dead do ? 



He came forth bound 
hand and foot with 
grave-clothes. 

22. What did Jesus bid 
them do to him ? 

Loose him, and let 
him go. 

23. What effect did this 
miracle have on the Jews 
who were at the grave ? 

Many of them be- 
lieved on him. 

24. What did others do? 

They told the Phari- 
sees what things Jesus 
had done. 

25. What did the chief 
priests and Pharisees coun- 
sel together to do ? 

To put him to death. 

26. In whose house in 
Bethany did they make 
Jesus a supper, a few days 
before he was crucified ? 

Of Simon the leper. 

27. Who served ? 
Martha. 

28. Who sat at table with 
him? 

Lazarus. 

29. What did Mary do 
with a box of very costly 
spikenard ? 

She poured it on his 
head. 



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30. What else did she 
do? 

She anointed his feet, 
and wiped them with 
her hair. 

31. What did Judas say? 
Why was this waste? 

32. What did he say she 
should have done with it ? 

It should have been 
sold, and the money 
given to the poor. 

33. Who was Judas? 
One of the twelve 

disciples. 

34. Did he care for the 
poor? 

No ; he was a thief. 



and w r anted the money 
for himself. 

35. What did the Master 
say? 

She hath wrought a 
good work on me. 

36. Whom have we al- 
ways with us that we may 
do them good ? 

The poor. 

37. What praise did he 
speak of Mary ? 

She hath done what 
she could. 

38. Where did he say 
this deed shall be told as a 
memorial of Mary? 

Wherever the gospel 
shall be preached. 



LXIL— THE LORD'S SUPPER. 



1. At what great feast 
of the Jews did Jesus suf- 
fer death ? 

The Passover. 

2. How did he enter Je- 
rusalem when the feast was 
near ? 

Sitting upon the colt 
of an ass. 

3. What prophet had 
foretold this ? 

Zechariah. 



4. What did a very great 
multitude spread in the 
way ? 

Their garments and 
branches from the 
trees. 

5. What did the multi- 
tude of the disciples do ? 

They rejoiced and 
praised God w 7 ith a 
loud voice. 

6. What did they say? 



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The Last Supper. 



Hosanna to the Son 
of David ! hosanna in 
the highest ! 

7. Why did Jesus weep 
as he saw the city ? 

Because it would be 
destroyed. 

8. Why would it be de- 
stroyed ? 

For their unbelief 
and many sins. 

9. What sins did he 
charge Jerusalem with ? 

Thou that killest the 
prophets, and stonest 
them that are sent un- 
to thee. 



10. What would he have 
done ? 

How often would I 
lhave gathered thy chil- 
dren together. 

11. Like what would he 
have gathered them? 

Even as a hen gath- 
ereth her chickens un- 
der her wings. - 

12. Why did he not save 
them ? 

And ye would not. 

13. Where did Jesus eat 
the Passover with his dis- 
ciples ? 

In a large upper room. 



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14. What did he do to 
the disciples ? 

He washed their feet. 

15. What lesson did this 
teach them? 

Humility and serving 
one another. 

16. What new command- 
ment gave he to them ? 

That ye love one an- 
other. 

17. How were they to 
love one another? 

As I have loved you. 

18. Who did he say 
would betray him ? 

One of you which 
eateth with me. 

19. Who was that? 
Judas Iscariot. 

20. What bargain had 
Judas made with the chief 
priests ? 

To betray him to 
them for thirty pieces 
of silver. 

21. What did he now 
do? 

He went out. 

22. What Christian sac- 
rament did the Lord insti- 
tute after the Passover ? 

The Lord's Supper. 

23. What did he do with 
bread? 



He blessed, and brake 
it, and gave it to the 
disciples. 

24. What did he say as 
he gave it ? 

Take, eat ; this is my 
body which is broken 
for you. 

25. Why were they to 
eat it? 

This do in remem- 
brance of me. 

26. What did he do with 
the cup of Avine? 

He gave thanks, and 
gave it to them. 

27. What did he say? 
This cup is the new 

testament in my blood. 

28. For what is that 
[bloodshed? 

For you, for the re- 
mission of sins. 

29. Why were they to 
drink of it? 

In remembrance of 
me. 

30. Did he give them a 
farewell discourse ? 

He did. John xiv- 
xvi. 

31. Why was he going 
from them? 

To prepare a place 



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for them in his Fa- 
ther's house of many 
mansions. 

32. What promise did 
he give them ? 

The promise of the 
Holy Spirit to stay with 
them. 

33. For whom did he 
offer prayer ? 

For his disciples, and 
all who should believe 
on him. John xvii. 

34. For what did he 
pray ? 



That they may be 
one. 

35. How were they to be 
one? 

As thou, Father, art 
in me, and I in thee, 
that they also may be 
one in us. 

36. What effect was this 
unity to have on the 
world ? 

That the world may 
believe that thou hast 
sent me. 

37. What did they sing? 
A hymn. 



LXIIL— THE AGONY IN GETH- 
SEMANE. 



1. To what place did Je- 
sus go with his disciple 
after the Supper ? 

To Gethsemane. 

2. Where was Gethsem- 
ane ? 

A garden at the foot 
of the Mount of Olives. 

3. Of what did he warn 
the disciples? 

All ye shall be of- 
fended because of mc 
this night. 



4. What did Peter say, 
though all men shall be of- 
fended because of thee? 

Yet will I never be 
offended. 

5. What did Jesus re- 
ply? 

Before the cock crow 

twice, thou shalt deny 

me thrice. 

6. What did Peter speak 
more vehemently? 

If I should die with 



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thee, I will not deny 
thee. 

7. What did the other 
disciples say? 

All said likewise. 

8. Leaving the eight dis- 
ciples about a stone's 
throw, whom did Jesus 
take with him ? 

Peter, James, and 
John. 

9. What did he say of 
himself? 

My soul is exceeding 
sorrowful, even unto 
death. 

10. What did he ask 
them to do with him ? 

To watch. 

11. What did Christ 
then do ? 

He went a little far- 
ther, and fell on his 
face. 

12. What did he pray? 
O my Father, if it be 

possible, let this cup 
pass from me ! 

13. What did he add ? 
Nevertheless, not my 

will, but thine be done. 

14. What was he in ? 
An agonv. 

9 



15. What was his sweat 
| like? 

Great drops of blood 
if ailing down to the 
Iground. 

16. When he came to his 
disciples, how did he find 
them? 

Asleep. 

17. What question did 
jhe ask? 

What! could ye not 
watch w 7 ith me one 
hour ? 

18. Why did he exhort 
them to watch and pray ? 

That ye enter not in- 
to temptation. 

19. What did he say of 
the flesh, though the spirit 

I be willing? 

The flesh is weak. 

20. How often did he go 
by himself, and repeat the 
same prayer? 

A second and a third 
time. 

21. How often did he 
| find the disciples asleep? 

Three times. 

22. With whom did Ju- 
das then come to the gar- 
den? 

With a band of men 
and officers. 



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23. What did they have? 
Torches and weapons. 

24. What did Judas do 
to Jesus ? 

Kissed Jesus, saying, 
Master, Master. 

25. What did Jesus re- 
ply ? 

Betray est thou the 
Son of man with a kiss? 

26. Why was Jesus ac- 
customed to call himself 
the Son of man ? 

Because he was truly 
man as well as truly 
God. 

27. What did the men 
do? 

They laid hands on 
Jesus, and took him. 

28. What did Peter do 
with his sword ? 

Cut off the ear of one 
of the men. 

29. What did Jesus bid 
Peter do ? 

Piu; up the sword. 

30. What did he do to 
the ear of Malchus ? 

Touched and healed 

it. 

31. What did he say the 
Father would give him im- 
mediately, if he prayed for 
them ? 



More than twelve le- 
gions of angels. 

32. Why did he not ask 
for these legions ? 

The cup which my 
Father hath given me, 
shall I not drink it ? 

33. To whose house did 
they take Jesus? 

To the high-priest's. 

34. What became of the 
disciples? 

They fled. • 

35. Which of the twelve 
followed Jesus? 

John and Peter. 

36. Who accused Peter 
of being a disciple of Je- 
sus? 

The damsel that kept 
the door. 

37. What did Peter do? 
He denied it. 

38. How often did he 
deny it ? 

Thrice. 

39. How strongly did he 
deny it ? 

With oaths and 

curses. 

40. What were his 
words ? 

I know not the man. 



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41. What crew while hej 
whs speaking ? 

The cock. 

42. W h o t n med and 
looked on Peter ? 

The Lord. 

43. Of what did Peter 
then think? 



Of what the Lord 
had said to him. 

44. What effect did it 
have on him ? 

He went out, and 
wept bitterly. 



LXIV.— JESUS CONDEMNED. 



1. What did the chief 
priests and elders of the 
Jews do with Jesus as soon 
as it was day ? 

They consulted to 
put him to death. 

2. How did they treat 
him? 

They spit on him, 
and struck him on the 
face. 

3. To whom did they de- 
liver him bound? 

To Pontius Pilate, 
the governor. 

4. Was he a Jew? 

He was not, but a 
Roman. 

5. What did Judas do 
when he saw that Jesus 
was condemned ? 

He repented himself. 

6. What did he bring 
again to the priests and 
elders ? 



The thirty pieces of 
silver. 

7. What did he say ? 

I have betrayed the 
innocent blood. 

8. What did they reply? 
What is that to us? 

see thou to that. 

9. What did he do with 
the pieces of silver? 

He cast them down 
in the temple. 

10. What did he do to 
j himself ? 

He went and hanged 
j himself. 

11. What did Pilate tell 
the priests and elders to do 
to Jesus? 

To judge him accord- 
ing to their law. 

12. Why were they not 
willing to judge him? 

It was not lawful for 



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them to put any man 
to death. 

13. Of what did they ac- 
cuse Jesus ? 

Because he made 
himself the Son of God. 

14. What other charge 
did they bring ? 

That he made him- 
self a king. 

15. What did Pilate say 
of him? 

I find no fault in this 
man. 

16. When Pilate ques 
tioned him about being a 
king, what did Jesus an- 
swer ? 

My kingdom is not 
of this world. 

17. What was the custom 
of the Roman rulers at the 
Passover ? 

To release one pris- 
oner, whomsoever the 
people desired. 

18. Whom did he pro- 
pose to release now ? 

Jesus. 

19. What did he know 
was the motive of the 
priests in delivering him ? 

Envy. 

20. Whom did the mul- 
titude demand to be re- 
leased ? 



Barabbas. 

21. Of what had Barab- 
bas been guilty ? 

Insurrection and 
murder. 

22. When Pilate heard 
that Jesus was a Galilean, 
to whom did he send him? 

To Herod. 

23. Why? 

Because Herod was 
ruler over Galilee. 

24. Where was Herod at 
this time? 

In Jerusalem. 

25. How did Herod and 
his men of war treat Jesus ? 

He mocked him, put 
on him a gorgeous robe, 
and sent him back to 
Pilate. 

26. What did Pilate 
want to do with Jesus ? 

To release him. 

27. What did the multi- 
tude cry? 

Crucify him. 

28. Who stirred them 
up to this ? 

The chief priests and 
elders. 

29. How did Pilate as- 
sert his innocence of the 
blood of Jesus? 



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By washing his hands 
before the multitude, 
and saying, I am inno- 
cent of the blood of 
this just person. 

30. What did all the 
people answer? 

His blood be on us, 

and on our children. 

31. What did Pilate do 
to content them ? 

He scourged Jesus, 
and gave him up to 
them. 

32. What did the Koman 
soldiers put on Jesus ? 



A scarlet robe. 

33. What did they put 
on his head and in his 
hand ? 

A crown of thorns on 
his head, and a reed in 
his right-hand. 

34. How did they mock 
him? 

Saying, Hail, King of 
the Jews ! 

35. What else did thev 
do? 

They smote him on 
the head, and did spit 
upon him. 



LXV.— CHRIST CRUCIFIED. 



1. To what place did 
thev lead him ? 

To Calvary, nigh to 

the city. 

2. What did he bear ? 
His cross. 

3. What did they do 
with him ? 

They crucified him. 

4. Between Whom was 
he crucified ? 

Two malefactors. 

5. What did one of them 
do? 

Railed on him. 



6. How did the other re- 
buke him ? 

He said, We receive 
the due reward of our 
deeds; but this man 
hath done nothing 
amiss. 

7. What praver did he 
offer? 

Lord, remember me 
when thou comest into 
thy kingdom. 

8. What did Jesus an- 
swer ? 



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To-day shalt thou be 
with me in paradise. 

9. What did Pilate have 
written over Jesus on the 



cross ( 



This is the King of 
the Jews. 

10. In what three lan- 
guages was it written ? 

In Greek, and Latin, 

and Hebrew. 

11. What women stood 
by the cross ? 

The mother of Jesus, 



her sister, and Mary;me? 
Magdalene. 

12. Which one of the 
twelve disciples stood 
near ? 

John. 

13. What did Jesus say 
to his mother? 

Woman, behold thy 
son! 

14. What did he say to 
John ? 

Behold thy mother ! 

15. What did John do 
from that hour ? 

He took her into his 
own house. 

16. What prevailed over 
the whole land from twelve 
until three o'clock ? 

Darkness. 



17. How did the priests 
and people mock Jesus ? 

They said, He saved 
others ; himself he can- 
not save, 

18. What prayer did he 
offer for them ? 

Father, forgive them ; 

for they know not what 

they do. 

19. W T hat did he cry 
with a loud voice ? 

My God, my God ! 
why hast thou forsaken 



20. What else did he 
say ? 

It is finished. 

21. What more? 
Father, into thy 

hands I commend my 
spirit. 

22. What did he do 
then ? 

He bowed his head, 

and gave up the ghost. 

23. What happened to 
the vail of the temple? 

It Avas rent from top 
to bottom. 

24. What happened to 
the earth ? 

The earth quaked, 
and the rocks rent. 



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25. What happened to 
the graves ? 

They were opened. 

26. What happened to 
many bodies of the saints 
after Christ's resurrection? 

They came out, and 
appeared unto many. 

27. What did the centu- 
rion, and those with him, 
say ? 

Truly this was the 
Son of God. 

28. What did the Jews 
ask Pilate to have done! 
to the three crucified per-; 
sons? 

To have their legs' 
broken, and their bod- 
ies taken away. 



29. What was their rea- 
son? 

That they might not 
be on the cross the next 
day. 

30. What was the next 
day ? 

The Sabbath, and a 

high day. 

31. Why did they not 
break the legs of Jesus ? 

They saw that he was 
dead already. 

32. What did one of the 
soldiers do with a spear ? 

Pierced his side. 

33. What came out of 



it? 



Blood and water. 



LXVL— HE IS RISEN. 



1 . Who begged of Pilate 
that lie might take away 
the body of Jesus ? 

Joseph, a rich man, 
and an honorable coun- 
selor. 

2. What was his charac- 
ter? 

A good man, and a 
just. 

3. Was he a disciple of 
Jesus ? 



He was, but secretly, 
; for fear of the Jews. 

4. Who brought spices 
| for his body ? 

Nicodemus. 

5. Where did Joseph 
; bury him ? 

In his own new tomb, 
.hewn out in the rock. 

6. What closed the door 
of the sepulcher ? 

A great stone. 



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7. What women came to 
the sepulcher? 

Women who had fol- 
lowed him from Gali- 
lee. 

8. What did the chief 
priests and Pharisees do to 
guard the tomb ? 

They sealed it, and 
set a watch. 

9. Why did they do 
this? 

Because he had said, 
After three days I will 
rise again. 

10. What did they fear 
his disciples might do ? 

Steal him away, and 
say he was risen. 

11. On what day was he 
crucified ? 

Friday. 

12. Who came to the 
tomb as it began to dawn 
on Monday? 

Mary Magdalene and 
another Mary. 

13. For what purpose 
did they come ? 

They brought spices ■ 
to anoint him. 

14. What had Jesus 
done for Mary Magdalene ? 

He had cast out sev- 
en demons. 



15. What had happened 
at the tomb ? 

There was a great 
earthquake. 

16. Who descended from 
heaven ? 

The angel of the 
Lord. 

17. What did he do? 
He rolled back the 

stone from the door, 
and sat on it. 

18. What was his coun- 
tenance like ? 

Like lightning, and 
his raiment white as 
snow. 

19. What became of the 
watch ? 

They did shake, and 

became as dead men. 

20. What did the angel 
say to the women ? 

He is not here, but is 
risen. 

21. To whom did the 
women tell these things ? 

Peter and John. 

22. When Peter and 
John came and looked in- 
to the sepulcher, what did 
they see ? 

The linen clothes ly- 
ing. 



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23. Did they go in? 
They did. 

24. What did they then 
do? 

They went home 
again. 

25. Who remained ? 
Mary, weeping. 

26. Why did she weep? 
Because they have 

taken away my Lord, 
and I know not where 
they have laid him. 

27. Who spoke to her? 
Jesus. 

28. To whom did he first 
appear ? 

To Marv. 

%i 

29. What did he bid her 
do? 



Go to my brethren. 

30. Did the disciples be- 
lieve her ? 

They believed not. 

31. Whom did the watch 
tell about the strange 
things that had happened ? 

The chief priests. 

32. What did they in- 
struct the watch to say ? 

His disciples stole 
him away while we 
slept. 

33. .What did they give 
these soldiers ? 

Large money. 

31. What did they prom- 
ise to do if this came to 
the governor's ears? 

To persuade him not 
to punish the soldiers. 



LXVIL— THE ASCENSION. 

1. To whom did Jesus! Their eyes were hold- 
appear as they walked to en 
Emmaus ? 



To two disciples. 

2. How far was Emmaus 
from Jerusalem ? 

Seven and a half 
miles. 

3. Why did they not 
know him ? 



4. What were they talk- 
ing about? 

About the strange re- 
ports of the women who 
said that Jesus w T as 
alive. 

5. What did he explain 
to them? 



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That Christ ought to 
have suffered these 
things, and to enter in- 
to his glory. 

6. By whom did he show 
these things ? 

By Moses and all the 
prophets. 

7. When their eyes were 
opened to know him, what 
did he do ? 

He vanished. 

8. To whom did they 
then return? 

To the eleven at Je- 
rusalem. 

9. To which of the apos- 
tles had Jesus appeared 
the same day? 

To Simon Peter. 

10. Who stood in the 
midst of the apostles that 
evening ? , 

Jesus. 

11. How were they af- 
fected ? 

They were frightened. 

12. What did he show 
them ? 

His hands, his feet, 
and his side. 

13. How did they feel 
then ? 

They were glad when 

they saw the Lord. 



14. Who of the twelve 
was absent that evening ? 

Thomas. 

15. When the other dis- 
ciples told him that they 
had seen the Lord, did he 
believe it ? 

He did not. 

16. What did he say he 
must do before he would 
believe? 

See in his hands the 
print of the nails, and 
put his finger into the 
print, and thrust his 
hand into his side. 

17. When did Jesus 
again stand in the midst 
of the disciples ? 

One week later. 

18. What did he bid 
Thomas do ? 

Reach hither thy fin- 
ger, and behold my 
hands ; and reach hith- 
ier thy hand, -and thrust 
,it into my side. 

19. What did he tell 
him to be ? 

And be not faithless, 
but believing. 

20. What did Thomas 
say? 

My Lord and my 
God. 



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21. Why did 
believe? 

Because thou 
seen me. 

22. Whom did Christ 
pronounce blessed ? 

They that have not 
seen, and yet have be- 
lieved. 

23. Where else did Je- 
sus appear to the eleven ? 

In a mountain of 
Galilee. 

24. What did he say was 
given to him ? 



Thomas] 29. Where else did he 
appear to them? 
hast! By the Sea of Gali- 
lee. 

30. What had some of 
the disciples been doing ? 

Fishing without 
catching any thing. 

31. What did Christ bid 
them do ? 

Cast the net on the 

right-hand of the ship. 

32. What happened ? 
Now they were not 

able to draw it for the 



All power in heaven 'multitude of fishes, 
and in earth. 33< What question did 

25. What did he com-:Jesus ask Peter three 
mand them to do? times? 

Go ye, therefore, and j Lovest thou me ? 

teach all nations. 34. what did Peter an- 

26. In what name werejswer? 

they to baptize them ? Lord, thou knowest 

Of the Father, and : all things ; thou know- 
of the Son, and of the • est that I love thee. 
Holy Ghost. 35. What did Jesus bid 

27. What were they to him do? 

teach them to observe ? Feed my sheep, feed 

All things whatsoeveri my lambs. 
I have commanded. 36. Why was Peter 

28. What promise did grieved that Jesus asked 
he give them? ihim this question thrice? 



Lo, I am with 
alway, even unto 
end of the world. 



you 
the 



Because he had de- 
nied his Lord thrice. 
37. Where was Jesus 



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with his disciples at the| 39. What came to pass 
time of his ascension ? j while they beheld ? 

He was parted from 



On the Mount of 
Olives. 

38. What was the last 
thing he did ? 

He lifted up his 
hands, and blessed 
them. 



them, and received up 
into heaven. 

40. What received him 
out of their sight ? 
A cloud. 



THE BOOK OF THE ACTS OP THE 
APOSTLES. 



LXVI -PENTECOST. 

6. How far were they to 
bear witness ? 

Unto the uttermost 
part of the earth. 

7. W T here did the disci- 
ples meet together? 

In an upper room. 

8. In what did they con- 
tinue with one accord? 

In prayer and suppli- 
cation. 

9. How many were 
there ? 

About an hundred 
and twenty. 

10. What did Peter say 



1. How many days was 
our Lord seen of his disci- 
ples after his passion ? 

Forty days. 

2. Where did he bid 
them tarry? 

At Jerusalem. 

3. For what were they 
to wait? 

For the promise of 
the Father. 

4. What was that prom- 
ise? 

The baptism of the 
Holy Ghost. 

5. When they received 



this power, what were they : they must take ? 
to be ? An apostle in the 

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11. From whom must he 
be taken? 

Of those who had 
gone with Jesus. 

12. Who was chosen by 
lot after prayer ? 

Matthias. 

13. What was Pentecost ? 
A feast-day of the 

law of Moses. 

14. How long was it aft- 
er the Passover ? 

Fifty days. 

15. Where were the dis- 
ciples that day ? 

All with one accord 
in one place. 

16. What came sudden- 
ly from heaven and filled 
the room ? 

A sound, as of a 
mighty rushing wind. 

17. What sat upon each 
of them ? 

Cloven tongues like 
as of fire. 

18. With what were thev 
all filled ? 

With the Holy 
Ghost. 

19. How did they begin 
to speak ? 

With other tongues, 
as the Spirit gave them! 
utterance. 



20. Who were then in 
Jerusalem ? 

Devout Jews of every 
nation. 

21. Whom did this mir- 
acle of the tongues bring 
together ? 

The multitude. 

22. At what were they 
amazed ? 

That every man heard 
the disciples speak in 
his own tongue. 

23. What were they 
speaking ? 

The wonderful works 

of God. 

24. What did Peter ex- 
plain this to be? 

That which was 
spoken by the Prophet 
Joel. 

25. What had God said 
by Joel that he would do 
in the last days ? 

I will pour out of my 
Spirit upon all flesh. 

26. What did Peter 
preach to them? 

Jesus of Nazareth. 

27. What did he tell the 
house of Israel to know as- 
suredly? 

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have crucified, both 
Lord and Christ. 

28. When they heard 
him, how were thev affect- 
ed? 

They were pricked in 
their heart. 

29. What question did 
they ask ? 

Men and breth ren , j 
what shall we do ? 

30. How did Peter an-j 
swer them ? 

Repent, and be bap-j 
tized, every one of you,: 
in the name of Jesus! 
Christ. 



31. How many gladly 
received his word and were 
baptized ? 

About three thou- 
sand. 



32. What were done by 
the apostles? 

Many wonders and 
signs. 

33. W T hat did the be- 
lievers do ? 

They had all things 
common. 

34. Where did they con- 
tinue daily? 

In the temple. 

35. How did they eat 
their meat? 

With gladness and 
singleness of heart. 

36. With whom did they 
have favor ? 

With all the people. 

37. What additions did 
the Lord make to the num- 
ber of the saved ? 

Daily. 



LXIX.— THE CHURCH AT JERUSA- 
LEM. 



1. What notable miracle 
was done by Peter ? 

Healing a lame man. 

2. How long had he 
been lame? 

From his birth. 

3. How old was he ? 
Over forty vears. 



4. Where was he daily 
laid? 

At a gate of the tem- 
ple. 

5. For what purpose? 
To ask alms. 

6. Of what apostles did 
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Peter and John. 

7. What did Peter say 
to him ? 

Silver and gold have 
I none. 

8. In whose name did he 
bid him rise up and walk? 

Jesus Christ of Naz- 
areth. 

9. What did the lame 
man do ? 

Stood, walked, leaped, 
and praised God. 

10. What did the people 
do? 

Ran together to see 
him, greatly wondering. 

11. What did Peter tell 
them? 

Xot by onr own pow- 
er or holiness was this 
done. *s 

12. What then made the 
lame man strong? 

The name of Jesus, 
through faith in his 
name. 

13. What did he accuse 
the Jews of having done ? 

Ye killed the Prince 
of life. 

14. Of what were the 
apostles witnesses? 

That God had raised 
him from the dead. 



15. What effect did the 
word have on many who 
heard it ? 

They believed. 

16. How many ? 
About five thousand. 

17. What did the Jew- 
ish rulers do to Peter and 
John ? 

Commanded them 
not to preach in the 
name of Jesus. 

18. What did the Church 
do? 

They prayed. 

19. What happened as 
they prayed ? 

The place was sh aken. 

20. With what were they 
filled? 

With the Holy Ghost. 

21. What unity existed 
among them ? 

They were of one 
heart and of one soul. 

22. How was it that 
none of them lacked ? 

Those who had pos- 
sessions sold them, and 
gave to the poor. 

23. What did Ananias 
and Sapphira, his wife, do ? 

They lied to the Holy 
Ghost. 

24. How did they lie? 



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They kept back part! The 
of the price of what Lord 
they sold, and said they 
gave it all. 

25. What happened to 
them ? 

They fell dead. 

26. What were wrought 
by the hands of the apos- 
tles? 

Many signs and won- 
ders. 

27. What did the people 
do with the sick ? 

Laid them on beds 

where Peter would pass. 

28. Why did they do 
this? 

That his shadow 
might heal them. 

29. What did a multi- 
tude from the cities round 
about do? 

Brought the sick and 
those that had unclean 
spirits. 

30. Did the apostles heal 
them ? 

They healed every 
one. 

31. What did the rulers 
do to the apostles ? 

Put them in prison. 

32. Who opened the 



angel of the 



33. When the apostles 
were again brought before 
the council, what did the 
rulers say ? 

Ye intend to bring 
this man's blood upon 
us. 

34. What did Peter re- 
ply? 

Jesus whom ye slew 
God has exalted a 
Prince and a Saviour. 

35. What effect did that 
have on them ? 

They took counsel to 
slay them. 

36. What did Gamaliel 
advise? 

To let these men 
alone. 

37. What did they do? 
They beat the apostles, 

and let them go. 

38. In what did the apos- 
tles rejoice ? 

That they were count- 
ed worthy to suffer in 
the name of Jesus. 

39. What did they do 
daily in the temple and in 
every house ? 

They ceased not to 



prison-doors and brought teach and preach Jesus 
them forth? [Christ. 



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LXX.— CONVERSION OF SAUL. 

what city was; Midday. 



1. Of 

Saul? 
Of Tarsus. 

2. Where was he b ronght 
up" 



11. What did he and 
those with him do ? 

Fell to the earth. 

12. What did he hear a 
'voice say? 

j Saul, Saul, why per- 

jsecutest thou me ? 

13. What did Saul ask? 
Who art thou, Lord? 

14. What did the Lord 
answer ? 

I am Jesus whom 
thou persecutest. 

15. Where did the Lord 
sav it should be told him 



In Jerusalem. 

3. Who was his teacher? 
Gamaliel. 

4. How was he taught ? 

According to the per- 
fect manner of the law 
of the fathers. 

5. What zeal did he 
show against the disciples 
of Christ? 

He persecuted them 

unto the death. 

jwhat to do? 

6. W hat did he do to; T fl •. 

both men and women ? ln tiie clt > ' 

Imprisoned them. L ™; Wh V is said of 

•7 AT i. A' A U A baUlS e F eS? 

i. Ot whom did he de-i u. n „,u «^* ^^^ 
sire letters, that he might) He COuld not See ' 
bind and bring to Jerusa-I 17. How did he enter 
lem the disciples of Da-! the city? 
mascus? They led him by the 

The high-priest. hand. 

8. What did he see as he 18. What is said of him 
neared Damascus? f or three days? 

A light from heaven. H e was without sight, 

9. How bright was it? jand did neither eat nor 
Above the brightness drink. 

19. Whom did the Lord 



of the sun 

10. What hour was it? 
10 



send to Saul ? 



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Ananias. Three. 

20. When Ananias wentj 28. How did the disci- 
to Saul, who did he say pies there receive him? 
had sent him? They were afraid of 

The Lord Jesus that l^ 
appeared unto thee. 2g Who took Mm to the 

21. For what purpose] a postles, and told of his 
was he sent ? j conversion ? 

That thou mightest' Barnabas, 
receive thy sight, and! 30. Who was Barnabas? 
be filled with the Holy! A disciple at Jerusa- 
Ghost. lem who sold his land, 

22. What then happened | and gave the money to 
to him? jthe Church. 

He received sight,] 31> what did Saul do at 
and was baptized. | Jerusalem? 

23. What did he doj He spoke boldly in 
straightway? _ j t h e na me of the Lord 

He preached Christ] J esus . 
in the synagogues. 32> what did the Jews 



24. Where did he go? 
To Arabia. 



do? 
They 



went about to 



25. When he returnedjslay him. 



to Damascus, what did the 
Jews seek to do ? 
To kill him. 

26. How did the disci- 
ples save him? 

They let him down at 
night by the wall in a 
basket. 

27. After how many 
years did he go to Jerusa- 
lem ? 



33. What was Saul after- 
ward called ? 

Paul. 

34. What woman of 
Joppa did Peter restore to 
life? 

Dorcas. 

35. What was her char- 
acter ? 

She was full of good 
works and alms-deeds. 



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Paul's Escape from Damascus. 



36. When Peter came 
to the chamber where she 
lay dead, who stood by 
him? 



coats and garments she 
had made. 



37. When she came to 
life again, what effect did 
it have in Joppa? 
All the widows, weep-| Many he][eved in the 

ing, and showing the Lord. 



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LXXL— CALL OF THE GENTILES. 



1. What centurion lived 
in Cesarea? 

Cornelius. 

2. What kind of man 
was this Roman captain ? 

One that feared God 
with all his house. 

3. What is said of his 
kindness to the poor and 
his piety ? 

He gave much alms, 
and prayed to God al- 
ways. 

4. Who appeared to him 
in a vision ? 

An angel of God. 

5. What did he say had 
come up for a memorial 
before God ? 

Thy prayers and 
thine alms. 

6. To whom should he 
send that lie might be told 
what to do? 

To Peter, at Joppa. 

7. Whom did he send? 
Two of his servants 

and a devout soldier. 

8. To what place did 
Peter go about noon? 

Upon the house-top 

to pray. 

9. What did he see in a 
trance ? 



Heaven opened, and 
a vessel descending. 

10. What was it like ? 
A great sheet. 

11. Of what animals did 
it contain all manner ? 

Four-footed beasts, 
w T ild beasts, creeping 
things, and fowls. 

12. What voice came to 
him? 

Kise, Peter; kill, and 

eat. 

13. What did Peter re- 
ply? 

Not so, Lord. 

14. What had he never 
eaten ? 

Any thing common 
or unclean. 

15. By what law were 
certain meats pronounced 
unclean ? 

The law of Moses. 

16. What did the voice 
say the second time ? 

What God hath 
cleansed, call thou not 
common. 

17. How often was this 
done ? 

Thrice. 



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18. While Peter was 
doubting what the vision 
meant, who asked for him? 

The men from Corne- 
lius. 

19. When Cornelius ex- 
plained to Peter why he 
sent for him, what did Pe- 
ter say ? 

Of a truth I perceive 
that God is no respect- 
er of persons. 

20. Who is accepted with 
God? 

In every nation, he 
that feareth him and 
worketh righteousness. 

21. What did Peter then 
do? 

He preached the gos- 
pel. 

22. Who were present 
with the household of Cor- 
nelius to hear the word? 

His kinsmen and 
near friends. 

23. What happened to 
these men while Peter yet 
spake ? 

The Holy Ghost fell 
on all them. 

24. What did they do ? 
They spake with 

tongues, and magnified 
God. 



25. Who were astonished 
I that the Holy Ghost was 
given to the Gentiles? 

The Jews who came 
with Peter. 

26. What did Peter do? 
He baptized them in 

the name of the Lord. 

27. Who killed with the 
sword John's brother, the 
Apostle James? 

Herod the king. 

28. What kin was this 
Herod to the one who 
ki lied the children of Beth- 
lehem? 

Grandson. 

29. W r hom else did he 
intend to kill ? 

Peter. 

30. How was Pete r 
sleeping in the prison? 

Bound with t w o 
chains, between two 
soldiers. 

31. Who delivered him? 
The angel of the 

Lord. 

32. What became of his 
chains ? 

They fell off. 

.33. How did he go 
through the iron gate? 
I It opened of its own 
j accord. 



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34. To whose house did) 36. Who did they at 
Peter go ? j first think Peter was ? 

Of Mary, the mother j His angel. 
of John Mark. 37. What became of 

35. Who were gathered j Herod? 

there? The Lord smote him, 

Many disciples, pray- 1 and he was eaten of 
ing. i worms, and died. 



LXXIL 



MISSIONARY TOUR OF PAUL 
AND BARNABAS. 



1. What did the Holy| They turned to the 
Ghost say to certain proph- Gentiles 



ets and 
och? 



teachers at Anti- 



6. Did anv of the Jews 



Separate me Barna-i beli ^ through their 

bas and Saul for the W0 T rd ' 

In some places a great 

multitude. 



work whereunto I have 
called them. 



7. How did the Gentiles 



2. What was Paul's spe- , ' , i 
cial work » |1,ear the gospel ? 

To preach Christ to- Man 7 of them with 
the Gentiles. Gal. ii.lf^itri and joy. 
7_9 # I 8. Whom did they heal 

3. Where did thev go? ! at J ^ vst ™ ? 
To different parts of i A cripple 



Asia Minor 

4. What was their cus- 
tom on the Sabbath-days ? 

To teach in the syna- 
gogues. 

5. When the Jews cast 
them out of the synagogue, 
what did thev do ? 



from his 
birth. 

9. What did the people 
say ? 

The gods are come 
down to us in the like- 
ness of men. 

10. What would they 
have done? 



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Offered sacrifices to 
them. 

11. What did Paul and 
Barnabas cry out? 

We also are men of 
like passions with you. 

12. What did they 
preach to the people ? 

That they should 
turn from these vanities 
unto the living God. 

13. What did Paul and 
Barnabas do in every 
Church? 

They appointed eld- 
ers. 

14. When they returned 
to Antioch, what did they 
tell? 

How God had opened 
the door of faith unto 
the Gentiles. 

15. What did some dis- 
ciples from Judea begin to 
teach the Gentile converts? 

Except ye be circum- 
cised ye cannot be 
saved. 

16. Where did the apos- 
tles, elders, and brethren 
consult about this ques- 
tion ? 

At Jerusalem. 

17. What did Peter re- 
mind them of? 



How God chose that 
the Gentiles, by his 
mouth, should hear the 
gospel, and believe. 

18. Did God put any 
difference between J e w s 
and Gentiles ? 

He did not, but gave 
the Gentiles also the 
Holy Ghost. 

19. What did Paul and 
Barnabas declare? 

What miracles and 
wonders God had 
wrought among the 
Gentiles by them. 

20. What sentence did 
James express ? 

That the Gentiles 
need not be circum- 
cised, nor keep the law 
of ceremonies. 

21. What things ought 
to be required of them ? 

To abstain from pol- 
lutions of idols, forni- 
cation, things strangled, 
and eating blood. . 

22. Who agreed in this ? 

The apostles and eld- 
ers, with the whole 
Church. 

23. Why did not Barna- 
bas and Paul go together 



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again on a missionary 
tour? 

Because Barnabas 
wanted to take Mark, 
and Paul thought not 
good to take him. 

24. Why was Paul un- 
willing to take him? 

Because he had left 
them on the former 
work. 

25. Whom did Paul 
take? 



Silas. 

26. Whom did Barnabas 
take? 

His nephew, Mark. 

27. Did Mark prove 
faithful? 

He did. 

28. What did he write? 
One of the four Gos- 
pels. 

29. Whom did Paul 
want with him in his last 
imprisonment ? 

Mark. 2 Tim. iv. 11. 



LXXIIL— PAUL IN EUROPE. 



1. Who stood by Paul in| 
a vision? 

A man of Macedonia.!, 

2. What did he pray] 
Paul to do? 

Come over into Mace- 
donia, and help us. 

3. In what continent was 
Macedonia ? 

Europe. 

4. To what city of Mace- 
donia did Paul first go ? 

Philippi. 

5. To what place out of 
the city did he go on the 
Sabbath? 

By a river- side, where 



prayer was wont to be 
made. 

6. Who resorted thither 
for prayer? 

Some women. 

7. As Paul and Silas 
spoke to them, whose heart 
did the Lord open ? 

Lydia's, a seller of 
purple. 

8. What did she do? 
She attended to the 

things that were spo- 
ken. 

9. Who were baptized ? 
She and her house- 
hold. 



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10. What was done to 
Paul and Silas in that city? 

They were beaten, 
thrust into prison, and 
their feet made fast in 
the stocks. 

11. What were they do- 
ing at midnight ? 

They prayed, and 
sung praises unto God. 

12. What suddenly hap- 
pened ? 

A great earthquake. 

13. What did it do to 
the prisoners ? 

All the doors were 
opened, and every one's 
hands loosed. 

14. What would the jail- 
er have done when lie 
awoke? 

Have killed himself. 

15. Why? 
Supposing that the 

prisoners had fled. 

16. What did Paul cry 
out ? 

Do thyself no harm, 
for we are all here. 

17. What did the jailer 
do? 

Came trembling, and 
fell down before Paul 
and Silas. 



18. What did he say ? 
Sirs, what must I do 

to be saved? 

19. What was their an- 
swer ? 

Believe on the Lord 
Jesus Christ, and thou 
shalt be saved, and thy 
house. 

20. What did they speak 
to him and to all that were 
in his house ? 

The word of the Lord. 

21. With what result? 
He and all his were 

baptized straightway. 

22. What stirred Paul's 
spirit at Athens? 

When he saw the city 
wholly given to idola- 
try. 

23. Where did lie dis- 
course to the people ? 

In the synagogues 
and in the market. 

24. To what place did 
they take him that he 
might address them ? 

to Mars' Hill. 

25. What inscription 
had he seen on an altar in 
Athens ? 

To the Unknown God. 

26. What did Paul say 
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The God they wor- 
shiped without knowing 
him. 

27. Did any believe ? 
A few only. 

28. With whom did Paul 
stay at Corinth ? 

With Aquila and his 
wife Priseilla. 

29. Of what trade were 
Paul and Aquila ? 

Tent-makers. 

30. How was Paul ac- 
customed to support him- 
self? 

By the labor of his 
hands. 

31. Why? 

That he might not be 
chargeable to the 
Churches. 1 Thess. 
ii. 9. 

32. What did Paul call 
Priseilla and Aquila? 

My helpers in Christ 
Jesus. Rom. xvi. 3. 

33. How long did he 
continue at Corinth ? 

A year and six 
months. 



34. Whom did he leave 
at Ephesus when he went 
up to Jerusalem ? 

Priseilla and Aquila. 

35. W T hat Jew came to 
Ephesus ? 

Apollos, an eloquent 
man. 

36. In what was he 
mighty ? 

In the Scriptures. 

37. W T hat did he teach 
diligently ? 

The things of the 
jLord. 

38. W 7 hat did he know 
! of these things ? 

Only the baptism of 
jJohn. 

39. What did Aquila 
land Priseilla expound to 

him? 

The way of God more 
perfectly. 

40. How did Apollos 
! mightily convince the 
| Jews? 

Showing by the 
I Scriptures that Jesus 
| was Christ. 



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LXXIV.— PAUL AT JERUSALEM. 



1. How long did Paul 
preach in Ephesus ? 

Three years. 

2. How did he preach ? 
Publicly, and from 

house to house. 

3. To whom did he 
preach? 

Both to the Jews and 
Greeks. 

4. What did God work 
by his hands ? 

Special miracles. 

5. What were taken 
from his body to the sick 
and those who had evil 
spirits ? 

Handkerchiefs, 
or aprons. 

6. With what effect? 
The diseases and evil 

spirits departed. 

7. What fire was a sign 
how mightily the word 
grew and prevailed ? 

Many brought and 
burned before all their 
books of magic. 

8. What was the price 
of the books that were 
burned ? 

Fifty thousand pieces 
of silver. 



9. What angered the sil- 
versmiths? 

The people would not 
buy the silver shrines 
for Diana. 

10. For what magnifi- 
cent temple was Ephesus 
famed ? 

The temple of Diana. 

11. What did these men 
cry out ? 

Great is Diana of the 
Ephesians. 

12. Who quieted the 
people when they made a 
tumult ? 

The town-clerk. 

13. At what time did 
Paul desire to be at Jeru- 
salem ? 

At the day of Pente- 
cost. 

14. Why did the disci- 
ples try to dissuade him 
from going? 

Lest he should be im- 
prisoned there ? 

15. What did he say? 

I am ready not to be 
bound only, but also to 
die at Jerusalem for 
the name of the Lord 
Jesus. 



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16. What did the Jews 
at Jerusalem accuse him 
of? 

Of teaching against 
the people, and law, 
and temple. 

17. What did they do to 
him ? 

They beat him, and 
would have killed him. 

18. Who took him out 
of their hands? 

The chief captain. 

19. With what oath did 
certain Jews hind them- 
selves ? 

That they would nei- 
ther eat nor drink till 
they had killed Paul. 

20. What governor sent 
for Paul while a prisoner, 
and heard him concerning 
the faith in Christ ? 

Felix. 

21. Of what did Paul 
reason to him ? 

Of righteousness, 
temperance, and judg- 
ment to come. 

22. What effect did it 
have on Felix? 

He trembled, and 
said, Go thy way for 
this time. 



23. Before what other 
governor and king at Je- 
rusalem did Paul speak ? 

Festus and Agrippa. 

24. What did Agrippa 
say? 

Almost thou persuad- 
est me to be a Chris- 
tian. 

25. To whom did Paul 
appeal for justice? 

To Csesar. 

26. What is meant by 
Caesar ? 

The Emperor of 

Rome. 

27. Who was the empe- 
ror at that time ? 

Nero. 

28. What did Festus re- 
ply to this appeal? 

To Caesar shalt thou 
go. 

29. How was Paul sent 
to Italy? 

With other prisoners 

in a ship. 

30. Who had charge of 
them ? 

A centurion and sol- 
diers. 

31. What tossed the 
ship? 

Xo small tempest. 



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32. What hope was tak- 
en away from them ? 

All hope that they 
should be saved. 

33. Who did Paul say 
stood by him in the night ? 

The angel of God, 
whose I am, and whom 
I serve. 

34. What did the angel 
say to him? 

Fear not, Paul ; thou 
must be brought before 
Caesar. 

35. Whose lives had 
God given him? 

All w T ho sailed with 
him. 



36. What did Paul ex- 
hort them to be ? 

Be of good cheer; 
but we must be cast on 
an island. 

37. What became of the 
ship? 

It was broken to 
pieces. 

38. What became of the 
men ? 

They swam, or floated 
on boards, to the island 
Malta. 

39. How did the barba- 
rous islanders treat them ? 

They showed them 
|no little kindness. 



LXXV.— PAUL AT ROME. 



1. How long after the 
shipAvreck did Paul sail 
again for Rome? 

Three months. 

2. When he reached 
Rome, what was Paul suf- 
fered to do ? 

To dwell by himself, 
with a soldier that kept 
him. 

3. Whom did he call to- 
gether? 

The chief of the 
Jews. 



4. For what did he tell 
them he was bound with 
this chain? 

For the hope of Is- 
rael. 

5. What did he expound 
and testify? 

The kingdom of God. 

6. How did he persuade 
them concerning Jesus? 

Out of the law 
of Moses, and out of 
the prophets. 



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7. What was the effect ? 
Some believed, and 

some believed not. 

8. To whom then did 
Paul preach the gospel? 

To the Gentiles. 

9. Was there a Church 
of Christ at Kome before 
Paul went there? 

Yes. 

10. What had he written 
to them? 

The Epistle to the 
Romans. 

11. For what in that let- 
ter had he asked them to 
pray ? 

That God would per- 
mit him to come to 
them. 

12. What afterward be- 
came of Paul ? 

He was imprisoned 
at Rome. 

13. What did he write 
to Timothy? 

I am now ready to 
be offered, and the time 
of my departure is at 
hand. 

14. What had he 

fought ? 

A good fight. 



15. What was laid up 
for him ? 

A crown of righteous- 
ness. 

16. What did Paul write 
while a prisoner at Rome? 

Several Epistles to 
the Churches. 

17. Were all his Epis- 
tles written at Rome? 

No. 

18. What apostles wrote 
two of the Gospels ? 

Matthew and John. 

19. Who wrote the other 
two ? 

Mark and Luke. 

20.. What else did Luke 
write ? 

The Acts of the 

Apostles. 

21. What did Paul call 
Luke? 

The beloved phy 
sician. Col. iv. 14. 

22. Whom did Paul call 
his own son in the faith ? 

Timothy. 

23. How long had Timo- 
thy known the Scriptures ? 

From a child. 

24. To whom did Jesus 
signify by what death he 
should srlorifv God? 



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To Peter. John xxi. 
18, 19. 

25. What death does 
tradition say that he did 
die? 

Cru cifiecl w ith h i s 
head down. 

26. Who was the disci- 
ple that Jesus loved ? 

John. 

27. To what island was 
lie banished ? 

Patmos. 

28. Whom did he see 
there ? 

The Son of man. 



29. What messages did 
Jesus bid him write ? 

Messages to the seven 
Churches of Asia. 

30. What wonderful 
book did John write? 

The Revelation. 

31. Who lived the long- 
est of the apostles ? 

John. 

32. What else did John 
write? 

Three Epistles. 

33. Who else wrote parts 
of the New Testament? 

J a m e s, Peter, and 
Jude. 



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